Deuteronomy 24:16
14 Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
15 You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
17 Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
18 Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, neither shall the sons be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
- BLB
- Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, and neither shall sons be put to death for fathers. A man shall be put to death for his own sin.
- ÅB
- Foreldre skal ikke lide døden for sine barns skyld, og barn ikke lide døden for sine foreldres skyld; enhver skal lide døden for sin egen synd.
- OTB
- Foreldre skal ikke dø for sine barn, og heller ikke barn for sine foreldre; hver skal dø for sin egen synd.
- B1930
- Foreldre skal ikke lide døden for sine barns skyld, og barn ikke lide døden for sine foreldres skyld; enhver skal lide døden for sin egen synd.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 18:20
The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked man will fall upon him.
Read in context2 Chronicles 25:4
Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.”
Read in contextJeremiah 31:29–30
“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’
Read in context2 Kings 14:5–6
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
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