Deuteronomy 24:16 “Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for…”

Deuteronomy 24:16

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James 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.

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.

American Standard 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.

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.

Darby Translation

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.

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.

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.

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Cross references

“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.”

Ezekiel 18:20 2 Chronicles 25:4 2 Kings 14:5 2 Kings 14:6 Jeremiah 31:29 Jeremiah 31:30

Ezekiel 18:20 · BSB

The soul who sins is the one who will die. A son will not bear the iniquity of his father, and a father will not bear the iniquity of his son. The righteousness of the righteous man will fall upon him, and the wickedness…

2 Chronicles 25:4 · BSB

Yet he did not put their sons to death, but acted according to what is written in the Law, in the Book of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children must not be pu…

2 Kings 14:5 · BSB

As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.

2 Kings 14:6 · BSB

Yet he did not put the sons of the murderers to death, but acted according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the LORD commanded: “Fathers must not be put to death for their children, and children…

Jeremiah 31:29 · BSB

“In those days, it will no longer be said: ‘The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the teeth of the children are set on edge.’

Jeremiah 31:30 · BSB

Instead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

17Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.

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