Deuteronomy 24:16

Additional Laws

15You 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. 16Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.

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Berean Standard Bible
Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English
Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers: every man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.
Douay-Rheims 1899
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children for the fathers, but every one shall die for his own sin.
Free Bible Version
Fathers are not to be executed because of their children, and children are not to be executed because of their fathers. Each person is to be executed because of their own sin.
Geneva Bible 1599
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children put to death for the fathers, but euery man shalbe put to death for his owne sinne.
King James (Authorized) Version
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.
One Unity Resource Bible
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.
Translation for Translators
“Parents must not be executed for crimes that their children have committed, and children must not be executed for crimes that their parents have committed. People should be executed only for the crimes that they themselves have committed.
Unlocked Literal Bible
The parents must not be put to death for their children, neither must the children be put to death for their parents. Instead, everyone must be put to death for his own sin.
Noah Webster Bible
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.
World English Bible
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.
Young's Literal Translation
'Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers — each for his own sin, they are put to death.