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 incriminate a servant to his master, or he will curse you could be found guilty. 11 There is a kind of man who curses his father
And does not bless his mother.
12 There is a generation pure in their own eyes, and yet not washed from their filthiness.

Cross References

Proverbs 20:20

He who curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in obscure darkness.

Proverbs 30:17

The eye that mocks his father, and rejects obedience to his mother, the ravens of the valley pick it out, and the young eagles eat it.

Exodus 21:17

Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.

Leviticus 20:9

Jehovah gave the following regulations. Any of you that curse your father or mother shall be put to death. You are responsible for your own death.

Deuteronomy 21:20-21

They shall say to the elders of his city: This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious! He will not obey us! He is a glutton and a drunkard.

Deuteronomy 27:16

Cursed is the man who dishonors his father or mother. All the people will say: Amen.

Proverbs 30:12-14

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

Matthew 3:7

He saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism. You offspring of vipers, he said, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Matthew 15:4-6

God said, 'Honor your father and mother.' 'He who says evil of father or mother will be put to death.'

Mark 7:10-13

Moses said: 'Honor your father and your mother. He also said: 'He that speaks evil of father or mother must die.'

1 Timothy 5:4

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

1 Timothy 5:8

If any do not provide for his own, and specially his own household, he denies the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

1 Peter 2:9

You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, and a people for God's own possession, that you may show the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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