Parallel Verses

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.

American Standard Version

There is a generation that curse their father, And bless not 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 Do not slander a servant to his master, lest he curse you, and you be held guilty. 11 There is a kind of man who curses his father
And does not bless his mother.
12 There are those who are clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:20

If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.

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.

Exodus 21:17

"Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death.

Leviticus 20:9

For anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is upon him.

Deuteronomy 21:20-21

and they shall say to 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 anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

Proverbs 30:12-14

There are those who are clean in their own eyes but are not washed of their filth.

Matthew 3:7

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matthew 15:4-6

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

Mark 7:10-13

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

1 Timothy 5:4

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show godliness to their own household and to make some return to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

1 Timothy 5:8

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Peter 2:9

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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