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Deuteronomy 24:16

JusticeParents and children

14 Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

15 At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.

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.

17 Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow’s raiment to pledge:

18 But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

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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.

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  • Ezekiel 18:20

    The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither 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.

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  • 2 Chronicles 25:4

    But he slew not their children, but did 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.

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  • Jeremiah 31:29–30

    In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children’s teeth are set on edge.

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  • 2 Kings 14:5–6

    And it came to pass, as soon as the kingdom was confirmed in his hand, that he slew his servants which had slain the king his father.

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