Leviticus 20:9

⁷ Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.

⁸ And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

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.

¹⁰ If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

¹¹ If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
KJV: For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
WEB: “‘For everyone who 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 himself.
ASV: For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
DARBY: Whatever man revileth his father and his mother shall certainly be put to death: he hath reviled his father and his mother; his blood is upon him.
BLB: For any man who curses his father or his mother, he must surely be put to death. His father or his mother He has cursed; his blood [is] on him.

ÅB: Hver den som banner sin far eller sin mor, skal late livet; sin far og sin mor har han bannet, hans blod være over ham!
OTB: ‘Enhver som forbanner sin far eller mor skal visselig dø. De har forbannet sin far eller mor; deres blod skal være over deres eget hode.
B1930: Hver den som banner sin far eller sin mor, skal late livet; sin far og sin mor har han bannet, hans blod være over ham!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 21:17
Anyone who curses his father or mother must surely be put to death.
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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.’
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Deuteronomy 27:16
‘Cursed is he who dishonors his father or mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
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Matthew 15:4
For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’
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Proverbs 20:20
Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.
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Proverbs 30:17
As for the eye that mocks a father and scorns obedience to a mother, may the ravens of the valley pluck it out and young vultures devour it.
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2 Samuel 1:16
For David had said to the Amalekite, “Your blood be on your own head because your own mouth has testified against you, saying, ‘I killed the LORD’s anointed.’”
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Proverbs 30:11
There is a generation of those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers.
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