11 translations · Hebrew
Exodus 20:12
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
Exodus 20:12 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
- KJV King James Version
- Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- Honor your father and your mother, so that your days are prolonged on the ground which your God YHWH is giving to you.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- Honor your father and mother, so that you may live a long time in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
- DBY Darby Translation
- Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Honour thy father and thy mother, that thou mayest be longlived upon the land which the Lord thy God will give thee.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| כַּבֵּ֥ד | kab·bêḏ | Honor | H3513 כָּבֵד to honor: honour |
| אֶת־ | ’eṯ- | — | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
| אָבִ֖יךָ | ’ā·ḇî·ḵā | your father | H1 אָב father |
| וְאֶת־ | wə·’eṯ- | — | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
| אִמֶּ֑ךָ | ’im·me·ḵā | and mother | H517 אֵם mother |
| לְמַ֙עַן֙ | lə·ma·‘an | so that | H4616 מַ֫עַן because |
| יַאֲרִכ֣וּן | ya·’ă·ri·ḵūn | may be long | H748 אָרַךְ to prolong |
| יָמֶ֔יךָ | yā·me·ḵā | your days | H3117 יוֹם day |
| עַ֚ל | ‘al | in | H5921 עַל upon |
| הָאֲדָמָ֔ה | hā·’ă·ḏā·māh | the land | H127 אֲדָמָה land: soil |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ’ă·šer- | that | H834 אֲשֶׁר which |
| יְהוָ֥ה | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | your God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| נֹתֵ֥ן | nō·ṯên | is giving | H5414 נָתַן to give: give |
| לָֽךְ׃ס | lāḵ | you | H9005 ל to/for |
Related verses
- 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 be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”
- Colossians 3:20
Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 5:16
“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
- Mark 7:10
For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’
- Proverbs 23:22–25
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old. Buy the truth, and don’t sell it. Get wisdom, discipline, and understanding. The father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him. …
- Leviticus 19:3
“‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your God.
- Proverbs 30:17
“The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
- Proverbs 1:8–9
My son, listen to your father’s instruction, and don’t forsake your mother’s teaching: for they will be a garland to grace your head, and chains around your neck.
- Exodus 21:17
“Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.
- Proverbs 20:20
Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;
11 for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.
12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
13 “You shall not murder.
14 “You shall not commit adultery.
Read all of Exodus 20 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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