Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

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

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;

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 Thou shalt not slander the servant to his lord lest he shall curse thee, and thou wert guilty. 11 A generation will curse its father, and will not bless its mother. 12 A generation pure in its eyes, and not washed from its finding.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:20

He cursing his father and his mother, his lamp shall go out in the midst of darkness.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye shall mock to his father, and despise to obey the mother, the ravens of the valley shall bore it out and the sons of the eagle shall eat it

Exodus 21:17

And he making light of his father and his mother, dying, he shall die.

Leviticus 20:9

When a man, a man who shall lightly esteem his father and his mother, dying, he shall die: he lightly esteemed ha father and his mother: his blood is upon him.

Deuteronomy 21:20-21

And they said to the old men of of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he heard not to our voice; he is vile, and drinking to excess.

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed he making light of his father and his mother: and all the people said, Amen.

Proverbs 30:12-14

A generation pure in its eyes, and not washed from its finding.

Matthew 3:7

And seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who has indicated to you to flee from the wrath about to come?

Matthew 15:4-6

For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, he calumniating father or mother, in death let him die.

Mark 7:10-13

For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and he reviling father or mother, in death let him die:

1 Timothy 5:4

And if any widow have children or descendants, let them learn first to be pious to their own house, and to return recompenses to their progenitors: for this is good and acceptable before God.

1 Timothy 5:8

And if any for his own, and chiefly for his own household provide not, he has denied the faith, and is worse than the unbelieving.

1 Peter 2:9

And ye a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for acquisition; so that ye should proclaim the excellencies of him having called you out of darkness into his wonderful light:

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