16The 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.


In Context

13 In any case you shall deliver him the pledge again when the sun goes down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless you: and it shall be righteousness to you before the LORD your God.

14 You shall not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of your brothers, or of your strangers that are in your land within your gates:

15 At his day you shall give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down on it; for he is poor, and sets his heart on it: lest he cry against you to the LORD, and it be sin to you.

16 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.

17 You shall not pervert the judgment of the stranger, nor of the fatherless; nor take a widow's raiment to pledge:

18 But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you there: therefore I command you to do this thing.

Deuteronomy 24:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:16The 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:16Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:16The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor the children for the fathers, but every one shall die for his own sin.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:16The 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:16The 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:16The 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:16The 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:16The 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:16Fathers 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.