Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Honor thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee.
WEB
Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
YLT
`Honour thy father and thy mother, so that thy days are prolonged on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee.
DBT
Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be prolonged in the land that Jehovah thyGod giveth thee.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentExodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.
- Author
- Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
- Date
- 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus