Exodus 20:12 - Printer Friendly

ESV: “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

NIV: Honor your father and your mother, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.

NASB: Honor your father and your mother, so that your days may be prolonged on the land which the Lord your God gives you.

CSB: Honor your father and your mother so that you may have a long life in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.

NLT: Honor your father and mother. Then you will live a long, full life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.

KJV: Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

NKJV: “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

The book of Exodus establishes God's covenant relationship with the full-fledged nation of Israel. The descendants of Abraham prosper after settling in Egypt, only to be enslaved by a fearful, hateful Egyptian Pharaoh. God appoints Moses to lead the people out of this bondage. Moses serves as God's spokesman, as the Lord brings plagues and judgments on Egypt, leading to the release of Israel.

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