“Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully ¹  must surely be put to death.

biblegateway Exo 21:17

"He who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

"Whoever curses his father or his mother must be put to death.

"Whoever curses his father or mother must be put to death.

biblegateway Exo 21:17

"Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.

"Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death.

bibleoremus Exo 21:17

Whoever curses father or mother shall be put to death.

Whoever reviles his father or mother must be put to death.

biblegateway Exo 21:17

"And he who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death.

And he that curseth his father, or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

biblegateway Exo 21:17

“Whoever treats his father or his mother disgracefully ¹  must surely be put to death.

¹ tn The form is a Piel participle from קָלַל (qalal), meaning in Qal “be light,” in Piel “treat lightly, curse, revile, declare contemptible, treat shamefully.” (See its use in Lev 19:14; Josh 24:9; Judg 9:26-28; 1 Sam 3:13; 17:43; 2 Sam 16:5-13; Prov 30:10-11; Eccl 7:21-22; 10:20.) It is opposite of “honor” (כָּבֵד, kaved; Qal “be heavy”; Piel “honor,” as in 20:12) and of “bless.” This verse then could refer to any act contrary to the commandment to honor the parents. B. Jacob (Exodus, 640) cites parallels in Sumerian where people were severely punished for publicly disowning their parents. “21:15, 17 taken together evoke the picture of parents who, physically and verbally, are forcibly turned out of the house (cf. Prov. 19:26)” (C. Houtman, Exodus, 3:148).