Deuteronomy 21:20

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

They shall say to the elders, ‘This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not listen to us. He is a glutton and a drunkard.’

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And they shall say unto the elrs of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And they shall say to the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    and they shall say{H559} unto the elders{H2205} of his city,{H5892} This our son{H1121} is stubborn{H5637} and rebellious,{H4784} he will not obey{H8085} our voice;{H6963} he is a glutton,{H2151} and a drunkard.{H5433}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they shall say{H559}{(H8804)} unto the elders{H2205} of his city{H5892}, This our son{H1121} is stubborn{H5637}{(H8802)} and rebellious{H4784}{(H8802)}, he will not obey{H8085}{(H8802)} our voice{H6963}; he is a glutton{H2151}{(H8802)}, and a drunkard{H5433}{(H8802)}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    ad saye vnto the elders of the citie. This oure sonne is stoburne and disobedient and will not herken vnto oure voyce, he is a ryoter and a dronkarde.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    and saye vnto the Elders of the cite: This oure sonne is stobburne and dishobediet, and herkeneth not vnto oure voyce, and is a ryoter and a dronkarde.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And shall say vnto the Elders of his citie, This our sonne is stubburne and disobedient, and he wil not obey our admonition: he is a ryotour, and a drunkard.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And say vnto the elders of the citie: This our sonne is stubburne and disobedient, and wyll not hearken vnto our voyce, he is a rioter & a drunkarde.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son [is] stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; [he is] a glutton, and a drunkard.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    and they shall tell the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and have said unto the elders of his city, Our son -- this one -- is apostatizing and rebellious; he is not hearkening to our voice -- a glutton and drunkard;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And say to them, This son of ours is hard-hearted and uncontrolled, he will not give attention to us; he gives himself up to pleasure and strong drink.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    and they shall tell the elders of his city, "This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard."

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    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.”

Referenced Verses

  • Prov 20:1 : 1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
  • Prov 23:19-21 : 19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right path. 20 Do not be among heavy drinkers of wine or gluttons of meat. 21 For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.
  • Prov 23:29-35 : 29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless wounds? Who has bloodshot eyes? 30 Those who linger over wine, who go to sample mixed drinks. 31 Do not look at wine when it is red, when it sparkles in the cup and goes down smoothly. 32 In the end, it bites like a snake and poisons like a viper. 33 Your eyes will see strange things, and your heart will utter perverse things. 34 You will be like one lying down in the middle of the sea, or like one lying on the top of a mast. 35 'They struck me,' you will say, 'but I was not hurt; they beat me, but I did not feel it. When will I wake up so I can look for another drink?'
  • Prov 29:17 : 17 Discipline your son, and he will bring you peace; he will give delight to your soul.
  • Prov 19:26 : 26 Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Deut 21:18-19
    2 verses
    85%

    18 If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who does not obey his father or mother, and they discipline him but he will not listen to them,

    19 his father and mother are to take hold of him and bring him to the elders at the gate of his city.

  • Deut 21:21
    79%

    21 Then all the men of his city shall stone him to death. You must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear of it and be afraid.

  • Prov 23:19-22
    4 verses
    77%

    19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right path.

    20 Do not be among heavy drinkers of wine or gluttons of meat.

    21 For the drunkard and the glutton will become poor, and drowsiness will clothe them in rags.

    22 Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.

  • Prov 20:1
    72%

    1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

  • Hab 2:5
    71%

    5 Indeed, because wine betrays, and an arrogant man is restless, enlarging his appetite like Sheol and never satisfied, he gathers all the nations to himself and collects all peoples as his own.

  • Prov 17:25
    70%

    25 A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him.

  • Prov 15:20
    70%

    20 A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish person despises his mother.

  • Prov 19:26
    70%

    26 Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace.

  • Luke 15:13
    70%

    13 Not long after, the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant country, where he squandered his wealth in reckless living.

  • Exod 21:15
    69%

    15 Anyone who strikes his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Luke 15:30
    69%

    30 But when this son of yours came, who has squandered your wealth with prostitutes, you killed the fattened calf for him!'

  • Prov 17:21
    68%

    21 The one who fathers a fool brings grief; the father of a senseless child has no joy.

  • Isa 28:7
    68%

    7 But these also reel with wine and stagger with strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel with strong drink, they are confused by wine, they stagger because of strong drink—they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.

  • Ezek 18:14
    68%

    14 Now suppose this person has a son who sees all the sins his father has committed. Though he sees them, he does not do such things:

  • Exod 21:17
    68%

    17 Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death.

  • Exod 21:31
    68%

    31 Whether it gores a son or a daughter, the same judgment applies to him.

  • Prov 20:20
    68%

    20 Whoever curses their father or mother, their lamp will be extinguished in utter darkness.

  • Hab 2:15
    68%

    15 Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbor, pouring out your wrath and making him drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness!

  • Ezek 18:10
    68%

    10 Suppose he has a violent son who sheds blood or does any of these evil things,

  • Prov 4:17
    68%

    17 They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

  • Matt 11:19
    68%

    19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Here is a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’ But wisdom is proved right by her actions.

  • Isa 5:11
    68%

    11 Woe to those who rise early in the morning to chase after strong drink, and who continue into the evening, inflamed by wine.

  • Joel 1:5
    68%

    5 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you wine drinkers, because of the fresh wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.

  • Isa 5:22
    67%

    22 Woe to those who are heroes at drinking wine and valiant at mixing strong drink,

  • Isa 51:21
    67%

    21 Therefore hear this, you afflicted one, who are drunk but not with wine.

  • Prov 22:6
    67%

    6 Train a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.

  • Luke 15:21
    67%

    21 The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'

  • Prov 13:1
    67%

    1 A wise son listens to his father's instruction, but a mocker does not heed rebuke.

  • Eccl 10:16-17
    2 verses
    67%

    16 Woe to you, O land, whose king is a youth and whose princes feast in the morning.

    17 Blessed are you, O land, whose king is the son of nobles, and whose princes eat at the proper time—for strength and not for drunkenness.

  • Luke 15:11
    67%

    11 Then He said, 'There was a man who had two sons.'

  • Prov 28:7
    67%

    7 A discerning son keeps the law, but a companion of gluttons shames his father.

  • Deut 22:21
    67%

    21 then they shall bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones. She has committed a disgraceful act in Israel by being promiscuous while in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you.

  • Prov 19:18
    67%

    18 Discipline your son while there is hope, and do not desire his death.

  • Prov 1:15
    67%

    15 My son, do not walk in the way with them; keep your foot away from their paths,

  • Isa 56:12
    67%

    12 "Come," they say, "let us fetch wine and drink our fill of strong drink! Tomorrow will be like today, or even far better."

  • Deut 22:18
    67%

    18 The elders of that city shall take the man and discipline him.

  • Deut 13:11
    67%

    11 Stone him to death because he sought to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

  • Prov 31:5
    67%

    5 Lest they drink and forget what has been decreed, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.

  • Prov 28:24
    67%

    24 Whoever robs his father or mother and says, 'There is no wrong in it,' is a companion to a destroyer.

  • Prov 30:11
    67%

    11 There is a generation that curses its father and does not bless its mother.

  • Prov 13:24
    67%

    24 Whoever spares the rod hates their child, but the one who loves their child is diligent to discipline them.

  • Deut 27:16
    67%

    16 Cursed is anyone who dishonors his father or mother. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Hos 7:14
    67%

    14 They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail on their beds. They gather together for grain and new wine but turn away from me.

  • Mic 2:11
    67%

    11 If someone full of wind and deceit lies and says, 'I will preach to you about wine and strong drink,' that would be just the preacher for this people!

  • Prov 23:30
    67%

    30 Those who linger over wine, who go to sample mixed drinks.