Deuteronomy 24:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Parents are not to be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their parents; each will die for their own sin.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    The fathers shall not be put to ath for the children, neither shall the children be put to ath for the fathers: every man shall be put to ath for his own sin.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    The fathers{H1} shall not be put to death{H4191} for the children,{H1121} neither shall the children{H1121} be put to death{H4191} for the fathers:{H1} every man{H376} shall be put to death{H4191} for his own sin.{H2399}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    The fathers{H1} shall not be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)} for the children{H1121}, neither shall the children{H1121} be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)} for the fathers{H1}: every man{H376} shall be put to death{H4191}{(H8714)} for his own sin{H2399}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    The fathers shal not dye for the childern nor the childern for the fathers: but euery ma shall dye for his awne synne.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The fathers shal not dye for the children, ner the childre for the fathers, but euery one shal dye for his awne synne.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children put to death for the fathers, but euery man shalbe put to death for his owne sinne.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The fathers shall not be put to death for the chyldren, nor the chyldren for the fathers: but euery man shalbe put to death for his owne sinne.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers -- each for his own sin, they are put to death.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers: every man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Fathers must not be put to death for what their children do, nor children for what their fathers do; each must be put to death for his own sin.

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 18:20 : 20 The soul that sins, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
  • 2 Chr 25:4 : 4 But he did not kill their children, as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.
  • Jer 31:29-30 : 29 In those days they shall no longer say, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge. 30 But everyone shall die for his own sin: every man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
  • 2 Kgs 14:5-6 : 5 And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he killed his servants who had killed the king his father. 6 But the children of the murderers he did not kill, according to what is written in the book of the law of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 25:4
    84%

    4 But he did not kill their children, as it is written in the law in the book of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not die for the children, neither shall the children die for the fathers, but every man shall die for his own sin.

  • Ezek 18:17-20
    4 verses
    84%

    17 Who has taken off his hand from the poor, who has not received interest nor increase, has executed My judgments, has walked in My statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.

    18 As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother by violence, and did what is not good among his people, behold, even he shall die in his iniquity.

    19 Yet you say, ‘Why? Does not the son bear the iniquity of the father?’ When the son has done what is lawful and right, and has kept all My statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live.

    20 The soul that sins, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, nor shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.

  • 2 Kgs 14:6
    81%

    6 But the children of the murderers he did not kill, according to what is written in the book of the law of Moses, where the LORD commanded, saying, The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children be put to death for the fathers; but every man shall be put to death for his own sin.

  • Ezek 18:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13 Has given out loans with interest, and has taken increase; shall he then live? He shall not live: he has done all these abominations; he shall surely die; his blood shall be upon him.

    14 Now, if he begets a son who sees all his father's sins which he has done, and considers and does not do such like,

  • Jer 31:29-30
    2 verses
    75%

    29 In those days they shall no longer say, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.

    30 But everyone shall die for his own sin: every man who eats sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.

  • Lev 20:9
    74%

    9 For everyone that curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

  • Deut 24:17
    73%

    17 You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's clothing as a pledge:

  • Ezek 18:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

    3 As I live, says the Lord GOD, you shall no longer have occasion to use this proverb in Israel.

    4 Behold, all souls are mine; as the soul of the father, so also the soul of the son is mine: the soul that sins, it shall die.

  • Lev 24:17
    73%

    17 And he who kills any man shall surely be put to death.

  • Exod 21:15
    73%

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

  • Isa 14:21
    73%

    21 Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.

  • Lam 5:7
    73%

    7 Our fathers sinned and are no more, and we have borne their iniquities.

  • Exod 22:24
    72%

    24 and my wrath shall grow hot, and I will kill you with the sword; your wives shall be widows and your children fatherless.

  • Lev 20:11
    72%

    11 And the man that lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

  • Jer 16:3
    72%

    3 For thus says the LORD concerning the sons and daughters that are born in this place, and concerning their mothers who bore them, and concerning their fathers who begot them in this land:

  • Exod 21:17
    72%

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

  • Jer 16:7
    72%

    7 Nor shall anyone break bread in mourning for them, to comfort them for the dead; nor shall anyone give them the cup of consolation to drink for their father or their mother.

  • Mark 13:12
    71%

    12 Now brother shall betray brother to death, and father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

  • Matt 10:21
    71%

    21 And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father the child; and the children shall rise against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

  • Deut 24:15
    71%

    15 You shall give him his wages on the same day, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and sets his heart upon it: lest he cry against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you.

  • Num 35:31
    71%

    31 Moreover you shall take no ransom for the life of a murderer, who is guilty of death: but he shall surely be put to death.

  • Ezek 18:26
    71%

    26 When a righteous man turns away from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and dies in them; for his iniquity that he has done he shall die.

  • Ezek 5:10
    71%

    10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in your midst, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in you, and the whole remnant of you I will scatter into all the winds.

  • Lev 26:39
    71%

    39 And those who are left of you shall waste away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they waste away with them.

  • Matt 15:4
    71%

    4 For God commanded, saying, Honor your father and mother: and, He that curses father or mother, let him die.

  • Jer 13:14
    71%

    14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, says the LORD: I will have no pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

  • Ps 109:14
    71%

    14 Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered by the LORD, and let not the sin of his mother be wiped out.

  • 1 Sam 2:24-25
    2 verses
    71%

    24 No, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear; you make the LORD's people transgress.

    25 If one man sins against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sins against the LORD, who shall intercede for him? Nevertheless, they did not listen to the voice of their father, because the LORD desired to kill them.

  • Jer 11:22
    70%

    22 Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters shall die by famine:

  • Exod 31:14
    70%

    14 You shall keep the Sabbath therefore; for it is holy to you: everyone who defiles it shall surely be put to death: for whoever does any work on it, that person shall be cut off from among his people.

  • Prov 17:6
    70%

    6 Children's children are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their fathers.

  • 2 Chr 24:22
    70%

    22 So Joash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoiada his father had done to him, but killed his son. And when he died, he said, The LORD look upon it, and require it.

  • Prov 23:13
    70%

    13 Do not withhold correction from a child, for if you beat him with the rod, he will not die.

  • Exod 22:22
    70%

    22 You shall not afflict any widow or fatherless child.

  • Prov 13:22
    70%

    22 A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, but the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the just.

  • Lev 24:15
    70%

    15 And you shall speak to the children of Israel, saying, Whoever curses his God shall bear his sin.

  • Lev 24:21
    70%

    21 And he who kills a beast shall restore it: and he who kills a man shall be put to death.

  • Ezek 3:20
    70%

    20 Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness, and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die: because you have not given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.

  • Deut 19:21
    70%

    21 Your eye shall not pity; but life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.

  • Exod 34:7
    70%

    7 "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."

  • Deut 21:22
    69%

    22 And if a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree,