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Deuteronomy 21:18 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 21 · verse 18
If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:Deuteronomy 21:18 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 21:18 in context
16Then it shall be, when he maketh his sons to inherit that which he hath, that he may not make the son of the beloved firstborn before the son of the hated, which is indeed the firstborn:
17But he shall acknowledge the son of the hated for the firstborn, by giving him a double portion of all that he hath: for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
19Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
20And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- rebelliousmârâhto be bitterH4784 →
- chastenedyâçarto chastise, literally or figurativelyH3256 →
- stubbornçârarto turn awayH5637 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- motherʼêma motherH517 →
- voiceqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
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Here is, I. A law for the punishing of a rebellious son. Having in the former law provided that parents should not deprive their children of their right, it was fit that it should next be provided that children withdraw not the honour and duty which are owing to their parents, for there is no partiality in the divine…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 18-23