Deuteronomy 21:19
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place;
American King James Version (AKJV)
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place;
American Standard Version (ASV)
then 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;
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;
Webster's Revision
Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place;
World English Bible
then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out to the elders of his city, and to the gate of his place;
English Revised Version (ERV)
then 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;
Wesley's Deuteronomy 21:19 Bible Commentary
21:19 His father and mother — The consent of both is required to prevent the abuse of this law to cruelty. And it cannot reasonably be supposed that both would agree without the son's abominable and incorrigible wickedness, in which case it seems a righteous law, because the crime of rebellion against his own parents did so fully signify what a pernicious member he would be in the commonwealth of Israel, who had dissolved all his natural obligations.
Unto the elders — Which was a sufficient caution to preserve children from the malice of any hard-hearted parents, because these elders were first to examine the cause with all exactness, and then to pronounce the sentence.
