Deuteronomy 21:18

¶ If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and [that], when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:

If a man {H376} have a stubborn {H5637} and rebellious {H4784} son {H1121}, which will not obey {H8085} the voice {H6963} of his father {H1}, or the voice {H6963} of his mother {H517}, and that, when they have chastened {H3256} him, will not hearken {H8085} unto them:

"If a man has a stubborn, rebellious son who will not obey what his father or mother says, and even after they discipline him he still refuses to pay attention to them;

If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined,

If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 20:12 (5 votes)

    ¶ Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

  • Leviticus 19:3 (5 votes)

    Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I [am] the LORD your God.

  • Amos 4:11 (4 votes)

    I have overthrown [some] of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.

  • Amos 4:12 (4 votes)

    Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: [and] because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel.

  • Hebrews 12:9 (4 votes)

    Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected [us], and we gave [them] reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

  • Hebrews 12:11 (4 votes)

    Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

  • Isaiah 1:2 (3 votes)

    ¶ Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.