Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and will not listen to them when they discipline him, New Living Translation “Suppose a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or mother, even though they discipline him. English Standard Version “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, Berean Standard Bible 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, King James Bible 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: New King James Version “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not heed them, New American Standard Bible “If any person has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or his mother, and when they discipline him, he does not listen to them, NASB 1995 “If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they chastise him, he will not even listen to them, NASB 1977 “If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they chastise him, he will not even listen to them, Legacy Standard Bible “If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they discipline him, he will not even listen to them, Amplified Bible “If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or of his mother, and when they reprimand and discipline him, he will not listen to them, Christian Standard Bible “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother and doesn’t listen to them even after they discipline him, Holman Christian Standard Bible If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother and doesn’t listen to them even after they discipline him, American Standard Version 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; Contemporary English Version A father and a mother may have a stubborn and rebellious son who refuses to obey them even after he has been punished. English Revised Version 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 though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them: GOD'S WORD® Translation Parents might have a stubborn and rebellious son who doesn't obey them. Even though they punish him, he still won't listen to them. Good News Translation "Suppose someone has a son who is stubborn and rebellious, a son who will not obey his parents, even though they punish him. International Standard Version "If a man has a stubborn son who does not obey his parents, and although they try to discipline him, he still refuses to pay attention to them, Majority Standard Bible 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, NET Bible If a person has a stubborn, rebellious son who pays no attention to his father or mother, and they discipline him to no avail, New Heart English Bible If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not listen to them; Webster's Bible Translation If a man shall have a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastened him, will not hearken to them: World English Bible If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not listen to them, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionWhen a man has a son apostatizing and being rebellious—he is not listening to the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother, and they have disciplined him, and he does not listen to them— Young's Literal Translation 'When a man hath a son apostatizing and rebellious -- he is not hearkening to the voice of his father, and to the voice of his mother, and they have chastised him, and he doth not hearken unto them -- Smith's Literal Translation If there shall be to a man a son stubborn and rebellious, he not hearing to the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother, and they chastised him, and he will not hear to them: Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIf a man have a stubborn and unruly son, who will not hear the commandments of his father or mother, and being corrected, slighteth obedience: Catholic Public Domain Version If a man produces a disobedient and reckless son, who will not listen to the orders of his father or mother, and, having been corrected, shows contempt for obedience: New American Bible If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not listen to his father or mother, and will not listen to them even though they discipline him, New Revised Standard Version If someone has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father and mother, who does not heed them when they discipline him, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIf a man has a stubborn and rebellious son, who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and who, when they have chastised him, will not hearken to them; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And when a man shall have a son who rebels and is rebellious and does not listen to the voice of his father and to the voice of his mother and they discipline him and he does not listen to them: OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not hearken to the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them; Brenton Septuagint Translation And if any man has a disobedient and contentious son, who hearkens not to the voice of his father and the voice of his mother, and they should correct him, and he should not hearken to them; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context A Rebellious Son18If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined, 19his father and mother are to lay hold of him and bring him to the elders of his city, to the gate of his hometown,… Cross References Proverbs 13:24 He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently. Proverbs 19:18 Discipline your son, for in that there is hope; do not be party to his death. Proverbs 22:15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. Proverbs 23:13-14 Do not withhold discipline from a child; although you strike him with a rod, he will not die. / Strike him with a rod, and you will deliver his soul from Sheol. Proverbs 29:15 A rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother. Proverbs 29:17 Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will bring delight to your soul. Exodus 21:15 Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death. Exodus 21:17 Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death. Leviticus 20:9 If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him. 1 Samuel 2:25 If a man sins against another man, God can intercede for him; but if a man sins against the LORD, who can intercede for him?” But they would not listen to their father, since the LORD intended to put them to death. 2 Samuel 18:14-15 But Joab declared, “I am not going to wait like this with you!” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he was still alive in the oak tree. / And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, struck him, and killed him. Matthew 15:4 For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ Mark 7:10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’ Ephesians 6:1-3 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. / “Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), / “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.” Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing to the Lord. Treasury of Scripture 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 listen to them: have a stubborn Proverbs 28:24 Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer. Proverbs 30:11,17 There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother… Isaiah 1:2 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. obey the voice Deuteronomy 27:16 Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen. Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee. Exodus 21:15,17 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death… when they Deuteronomy 8:5 Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. 2 Samuel 7:14 I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: Proverbs 13:24 He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes. will not Isaiah 1:5 Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. Jeremiah 5:3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. Jeremiah 31:18 I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the LORD my God. Jump to Previous Apostatizing Attention Chasten Chastened Chastise Chastised Discipline Hard-Hearted Hearken Hearkeneth Hearkening Heed Mother Obey Punishment Rebellious Ruled Stubborn Uncontrolled Unmanageable VoiceJump to Next Apostatizing Attention Chasten Chastened Chastise Chastised Discipline Hard-Hearted Hearken Hearkeneth Hearkening Heed Mother Obey Punishment Rebellious Ruled Stubborn Uncontrolled Unmanageable VoiceDeuteronomy 21 1. The Atonement for an Unsolved Murder10. The usage of a captive taken to wife 15. The firstborn is not to be disinherited upon private affection 18. A rebellious son is to be stoned to death 22. The malefactor must not hang all night on a tree If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son The phrase "If a man has" introduces a conditional situation, indicating a specific family dynamic that requires attention. In the Hebrew context, the family unit was central to societal structure, and the father held a significant role in maintaining order and discipline. The word "stubborn" in Hebrew is "sorer," which implies a refusal to listen or submit to authority. This characteristic is not merely a phase of adolescence but a deep-seated defiance. "Rebellious" translates from "moreh," suggesting a deliberate and ongoing resistance to parental guidance. This behavior disrupts the harmony and order expected within a God-fearing household. who does not obey his father and mother and does not listen to them when disciplined his father and mother are to take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city (18) If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son.--Here we are again reminded that the Law of Jehovah was also the civil and criminal law of Israel. The systematic breach of the first commandment of the second table of the Law, no less than of the first commandment of the first table, entailed the penalty of death. Manifestly this enactment, if carried out, would be a great protection to the country against lawless and abandoned characters, and would rid it of one very large element in the dangerous classes. (20) Stubborn and rebellious.--The Hebrew words became proverbial as the worst form of reproach, sorer --moreh. This word moreh was the one employed by Moses, when, speaking "unadvisedly" (Numbers 20:10), he said to the people, "Hear now, ye rebels, must we fetch you water out of this rock?" It appears in the Revised New Testament, in the margin of St. Matthew 5:22, for "thou fool." But the Greek word there employed is true Greek, and has its own affinities in the New Testament. And the word moreh is true Hebrew. They may be idiomatically synonymous. They are not etymologically identical. A glutton and a drunkard.--The same two words are found in Proverbs 23:20-22, "Be not among wine bibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh: For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Hearken unto thy father that begat thee; and despise not thy mother when she is old." The context of this quotation seems to make it a distinct reference to the law in Deuteronomy 21 (21) Shall stone him with stones.--Rashi says that the Law cuts short the man's career, anticipating what its close will be. When he has spent all his father's money, he will take to the road, and become a public robber. It is better that he die innocent of such crimes than guilty. We can hardly adopt this view of the case; but it contains one feature that is terribly true. . . . Verses 18-21. - If a son was refractory and unmanageable by his parents, if, given to sensual indulgence, he would yield neither to reproof nor to chastisement, - the parents were to lay hold on him, and lead him to the elders of the town, sitting as magistrates at its gates, and there accuse him of his evil ways and rebelliousness. The testimony of the parents was apparently held sufficient to substantiate the charge, and this being received by the elders, the culprit was to be put to death by stoning.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Ifכִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction a man לְאִ֗ישׁ (lə·’îš) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person has יִהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a stubborn סוֹרֵ֣ר (sō·w·rêr) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5637: To turn away, be refractory and rebellious וּמוֹרֶ֔ה (ū·mō·w·reh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 4784: To be contentious or rebellious son בֵּ֚ן (bên) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1121: A son who does not אֵינֶ֣נּוּ (’ê·nen·nū) Adverb | third person masculine singular Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle obey שֹׁמֵ֔עַ (šō·mê·a‘) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently his father אָבִ֖יו (’ā·ḇîw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1: Father and mother, אִמּ֑וֹ (’im·mōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 517: A mother, ) [or] וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no listen יִשְׁמַ֖ע (yiš·ma‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently to them אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃ (’ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to when disciplined, וְיסְּר֣וּ (wə·yis·sə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's 3256: To discipline, chasten, admonish Links Deuteronomy 21:18 NIVDeuteronomy 21:18 NLT Deuteronomy 21:18 ESV Deuteronomy 21:18 NASB Deuteronomy 21:18 KJV Deuteronomy 21:18 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 21:18 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 21:18 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 21:18 French Bible Deuteronomy 21:18 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 21:18 If a man have a stubborn (Deut. 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