Deuteronomy 24:16
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
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.
American King James Version (AKJV)
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Fathers are not to be put to death for their children or children for their fathers: every man is to be put to death for the sin which he himself has done.
Webster's Revision
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.
World English Bible
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.
English Revised Version (ERV)
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.
Clarke's Deuteronomy 24:16 Bible Commentary
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, etc. - This law is explained and illustrated in sufficient detail, Ezekiel 18.
Barnes's Deuteronomy 24:16 Bible Commentary
A caution addressed to earthly judges. Among other Oriental nations the family of a criminal was commonly involved in his punishment (compare Esther 9:13-14). In Israel it was not to be so; compare marginal references.
Wesley's Deuteronomy 24:16 Bible Commentary
24:16 Not put to death - If the one be free from the guilt of the others sin, except in those cases where the sovereign Lord of life and death, before whom none is innocent, hath commanded it, as Deuteronomy 13:1 - 18 Jos 7:24. For though God do visit the father's sinsupon the children, 20:5 , yet he will not suffer men to do so.
