Parallel Verses

NET Bible

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

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.

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 are found guilty. 11 There is a generation who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers. 12 There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:20

The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks at a father and despises obeying a mother -- the ravens of the valley will peck it out and the young vultures will eat it.

Exodus 21:17

"Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully must surely be put to death.

Leviticus 20:9

"'If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself.

Deuteronomy 21:20-21

They must declare to the elders of his city, "Our son is stubborn and rebellious and pays no attention to what we say -- he is a glutton and drunkard."

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

Proverbs 30:12-14

There is a generation who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not washed from their filthiness.

Matthew 3:7

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

Matthew 15:4-6

For God said, 'Honor your father and mother' and 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'

Mark 7:10-13

For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'Whoever insults his father or mother must be put to death.'

1 Timothy 5:4

But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God.

1 Timothy 5:8

But if someone does not provide for his own, especially his own family, 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 of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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