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.


In Context

13 thou dost certainly give back to him the pledge at the going in of the sun, and he hath lain down in his own raiment, and hath blessed thee; and to thee it is righteousness before Jehovah thy God.

14 'Thou dost not oppress a hireling, poor and needy, of thy brethren or of thy sojourner who is in thy land within thy gates;

15 in his day thou dost give his hire, and the sun doth not go in upon it, for he is poor, and unto it he is lifting up his soul, and he doth not cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it hath been in thee — sin.

16 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.

17 'Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of a fatherless sojourner, nor take in pledge the garment of a widow;

18 and thou hast remembered that a servant thou hast been in Egypt, and Jehovah thy God doth ransom thee from thence; therefore I am commanding thee 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 American 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.