Parallel Verses

American Standard Version

There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother.

New American Standard Bible

There is a kind of man who curses his father
And does not bless his mother.

King James Version

There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

Holman Bible

There is a generation that curses its father
and does not bless its mother.

International Standard Version

Some people curse their fathers and won't bless their mothers.

A Conservative Version

There is a generation who curses their father, and does not bless their mother.

Amplified


There is a generation (class of people) that curses its father
And does not bless its mother.

Bible in Basic English

There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.

Darby Translation

There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother;

Julia Smith Translation

A generation will curse its father, and will not bless its mother.

King James 2000

There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.

Lexham Expanded Bible

[There is] a generation [that] will curse its father, and its mother it will not bless.

Modern King James verseion

There is a generation that curses their father, and does not bless their mother.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

He that bringeth up an evil report upon the generation of his father and mother, is not worthy to be commended.

NET Bible

There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.

New Heart English Bible

There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn't bless their mother.

The Emphasized Bible

A generation! Its father, it revileth, and, its mother, it doth not bless.

Webster

There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.

World English Bible

There is a generation that curses their father, and doesn't bless their mother.

Youngs Literal Translation

A generation is, that lightly esteemeth their father, And their mother doth not bless.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
דּר דּור 
Dowr 
Usage: 167

and doth not bless
בּרך 
Barak 
Usage: 330

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Four Kinds Of People

10 Slander not a servant unto his master, Lest he curse thee, and thou be held guilty. 11 There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not their mother. 12 There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their filthiness.



Cross References

Proverbs 20:20

Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocketh at his father, And despiseth to obey his mother, The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, And the young eagles shall eat it.

Exodus 21:17

And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

Leviticus 20:9

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

Deuteronomy 21:20-21

and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Proverbs 30:12-14

There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, And yet are not washed from their filthiness.

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Ye offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matthew 15:4-6

For God said, Honor thy father and thy mother: and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death.

Mark 7:10-13

For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother; and, He that speaketh evil of father or mother, let him die the death:

1 Timothy 5:4

But if any widow hath children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to requite their parents: for this is acceptable in the sight of God.

1 Timothy 5:8

But if any provideth not for his own, and specially his own household, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Peter 2:9

But ye are a elect race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God's own possession, that ye may show forth the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvellous light:

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