Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.

King James Version

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Holman Bible

Listen to your father who gave you life,
and don’t despise your mother when she is old.

International Standard Version

Listen to the one who fathered you, and don't despise your mother in her old age.

American Standard Version

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.

Amplified


Listen to your father, who sired you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.

Bible in Basic English

Give ear to your father whose child you are, and do not keep honour from your mother when she is old.

Darby Translation

Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Julia Smith Translation

Hear to thy father that begat thee, and thou shalt not despise thy mother when growing old.

King James 2000

Hearken unto your father that begat you, and despise not your mother when she is old.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Listen to your father--he who {gave you life}, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Modern King James verseion

Listen to your father who sired you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Give ear unto thy father that begat thee; and despise not thy mother when she is old.

NET Bible

Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

New Heart English Bible

Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

The Emphasized Bible

Hearken to thy father here, who begat thee, and despise not, when she is old, thy mother.

Webster

Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

World English Bible

Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.

Youngs Literal Translation

Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
thee, and despise
בּוּז 
Buwz 
Usage: 13

not thy mother
אם 
'em 
Usage: 220

References

Context Readings

Learning From Your Father

21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and slumber will clothe them with rags 22 Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
23 Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.

Cross References

Proverbs 1:8

Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching,

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks a father and scorns to obey a mother will be picked out by the ravens of the valley and eaten by the vultures.

Ephesians 6:1-2

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Leviticus 19:3

Every one of you shall revere his mother and his father, and you shall keep my Sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21

"If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them,

Deuteronomy 27:16

"'Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Proverbs 6:20

My son, keep your father's commandment, and forsake not your mother's teaching.

Proverbs 30:11

There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

Matthew 15:4-6

For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.'

Mark 7:10

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother'; and, 'Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.'

John 19:26-27

When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold, your son!"

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