Leviticus 20:9

Punishments for Disobedience

8And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you. 9If 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.

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Berean Standard Bible
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.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Bible in Basic English
Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.
Douay-Rheims 1899
He that curseth his father, or mother, dying let him die: he hath cursed his father, and mother, let his blood be upon him.
Free Bible Version
Anyone who curses their father or mother must be executed. They have cursed their father or mother; they bear the responsibility for their punishment.
Geneva Bible 1599
If there be any that curseth his father or his mother, he shall die the death: seeing hee hath cursed his father and his mother, his blood shalbe vpon him.
King James (Authorized) Version
¶ 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.
One Unity Resource Bible
“‘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 him.
Translation for Translators
‘If anyone curses his father or his mother, he must be executed. He himself will be responsible for his own death [MTY].
Unlocked Literal Bible
Everyone who curses his father or his mother must surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, so he is guilty and deserves to die.
Noah Webster Bible
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.
World English Bible
“‘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.
Young's Literal Translation
'For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood [is] on him.