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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.

KJV

Honora patrem tuum et matrem tuam, ut sis longævus super terram, quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi.

Vulgate

Τίμα τὸν πατέρα σου καὶ τὴν μητέρα, ἵνα εὖ σοι γένηται, καὶ ἵνα μακροχρόνιος γένῃ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς τῆς ἀγαθῆς ἧς Κύριος ὁ θεός σου δίδωσίν σοι.

LXX

Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.

ASV

כַּבֵּ֥ד אֶת אָבִ֖י/ךָ וְ/אֶת אִמֶּ֑/ךָ לְמַ֨עַן֙ יַאֲרִכ֣וּ/ן יָמֶ֔י/ךָ עַ֚ל הָ/אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖י/ךָ נֹתֵ֥ן לָֽ/ךְ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲדָמָ֔ה
'dmh
noun · 224×
אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ו
v
noun · 1201×
וֹ
v
noun · 220×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
לְמַ֣עַן
lm'n
preposition · 268×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
ן
n
verb · 34×
נִכְבָּ֔ד
nkbd
verb · 115×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 4 later passages.

  • Matt 15:4 · exact_quote
    "For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death."
    Jesus quotes the fifth commandment: honor father and mother
  • Eph 6:2 · exact_quote
    "Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;"
    Exodus: honor your father and mother — the first commandment with a promise
  • Col 3:20 · adapted
    "Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord."
    Exodus: honor your father — children obey your parents, this pleases the Lord
  • Mark 7:10 · paraphrase
    "For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:"
    Exodus: honor your father and mother — Jesus confronts Pharisees

Themes

Historic Christian voices

12 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2056The word "Decalogue" means literally "ten words."11 God revealed these "ten words" to his people on the holy mountain. They were written "with the finger of God,"12 unlike the other commandments written by Moses.13 They are pre-eminently the words of God. They are handed on to us in the books of Exodus 14 and Deuteronomy.15 Beginning with the Old Testament, the sacred books ref…
§2200Observing the fourth commandment brings its reward: "Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land which the LORD your God gives you."8 Respecting this commandment provides, along with spiritual fruits, temporal fruits of peace and prosperity. Conversely, failure to observe it brings great harm to communities and to individuals.
§2214The divine fatherhood is the source of human fatherhood;16 this is the foundation of the honor owed to parents. the respect of children, whether minors or adults, for their father and mother17 is nourished by the natural affection born of the bond uniting them. It is required by God's commandment.18
Chapter 41.—About the Discord of Philosophic Opinion, and the Concord of the Scriptures that are Held as Canonical by the Church. But let us omit further examination of history, and return to the philosophers from whom we digressed to these things. They seem to have labored in their studies for no other end than to find out how to live in a way proper for laying hold of blessed…
Thou shalt honor thy father and thy mother. To this estate of fatherhood and motherhood God has given the special distinction above all estates that are beneath it, that He commands us not merely to love our parents but to honor them. He distinguishes father and mother above all other persons upon earth, and places them next to Himself. For it is a far higher thing to honor tha…
Thou shalt honor thy father and thy mother, that it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long upon the earth. Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt not commit adultery. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife, nor his man-servant, nor his maid-servant, nor …
1. Introduction to the Feeding of the Five Thousand. And when even had come His disciples came to Him, Matthew 14:15 that is, at the consummation of the age in regard to which we may fitly say what is found in the Epistle of John, It is the last hour. 1 John 2:18 They, not yet understanding what the Word was about to do, say to Him, The place is desert, Matthew 14:15 seeing the…
Q. What does the Lord say in his law? A. God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Honor your father and your mother. You …

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 2:19 — Bathsheba therefore went unto king Solomon, to speak unto him for Adonijah. And the king rose up to meet her, and bowed himself unto her, and sat down on his throne, and caused a seat to be set for th
  • 1Pet 2:17 — Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king.
  • 1Tim 5:3 — Honour widows that are widows indeed.
  • 2Kgs 2:12 — And Elisha saw it, and he cried, My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof. And he saw him no more: and he took hold of his own clothes, and rent them in two pieces.
  • Col 3:20 — Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
  • Col 3:20 — Children, obey your parents in all things: for this is well pleasing unto the Lord.
  • Deut 4:26 — I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shal
  • Deut 4:40 — Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon
  • Deut 5:16 — Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
  • Deut 5:16 — Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee; that thy days may be prolonged, and that it may go well with thee, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
  • Deut 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:
  • Deut 25:15 — But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
  • Deut 25:15 — But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
  • Deut 27:16 — Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Deut 32:47 — For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
  • Eph 5:21 — Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.
  • Eph 6:1 — Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
  • Eph 6:2 — Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;
  • Exod 21:15 — And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.
  • Exod 21:17 — And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.
  • Gen 9:23 — And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father’s
  • Gen 28:7 — And that Jacob obeyed his father and his mother, and was gone to Padanaram;
  • Gen 31:35 — And she said to her father, Let it not displease my lord that I cannot rise up before thee; for the custom of women is upon me. And he searched, but found not the images.
  • Heb 12:9 — 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?
  • Jer 35:18 — And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his precepts, and done
  • Lev 19:3 — Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
  • Lev 19:3 — Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.
  • Lev 19:32 — Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD.
  • Luke 18:20 — Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
  • Luke 18:20 — Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
  • Mal 1:6 — A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my
  • Mal 1:6 — A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts unto you, O priests, that despise my
  • Mark 7:10 — For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
  • Mark 7:10 — For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
  • Mark 10:19 — Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
  • Mark 10:19 — Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
  • Matt 15:4 — For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
  • Matt 15:4 — For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
  • Matt 19:18 — He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,
  • Matt 19:19 — Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.