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Exodus 21:15

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

Exodus 21:15 · American Standard Version

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Exodus 21:15 in other translations

KJV King James Version

And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Whoever strikes his father or mother must surely be put to death.

WEB World English Bible

“Anyone who attacks his father or his mother shall be surely put to death.

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In context

12 He that smiteth a man, so that he dieth, shall surely be put to death.

13 And if a man lie not in wait, but God deliver him into his hand; then I will appoint thee a place whither he shall flee.

14 And if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbor, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, shall be surely put to death.

16 And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.

17 And he that curseth his father or his mother, shall surely be put to death.

18 And if men contend, and one smite the other with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keep his bed;

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