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My version? I already told you. My OP was a cut and paste from the KJV, which is "my version."
Honor thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Yea, what verse are you quoting? Because I also cut and pasted from the KJV.
2 Chronicles 6:31
That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
Ephesians 6:2,3
Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
The comments of honoring mother and father do not have anything about "the land which the LORD that God giveth thee"...nor do they appear in that wording in the 1600 KJV.
There are other KJV's out there...like NKJV or the altered KJV (JW's version) and the KJV (LDS's version)
Last edited by twin.spin; 01-29-2010 at 10:01 PM..
Yea, what verse are you quoting? Because I also cut and pasted from the KJV.
2 Chronicles 6:31
That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
Ephesians 6:2,3
Honour thy father and mother; which is the first commandment with promise;That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
The comments of honoring mother and father do not have anything about "the land which the LORD that God giveth thee"...nor do they appear in that wording in the 1600 KJV.
There are other KJV's out there...like NKJV or the altered KJV (JW's version) and the KJV (LDS's version)
Well in my kjv, exodus 20:12 reads "Honour thy father and thy mother:that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee."
So it appears katzpur and I have the same kjv,except mine has a 'u' in the spelling of honour,does yours say something different?Is there some point you are trying to make or imply?
Well in my kjv, exodus 20:12 reads "Honour thy father and thy mother:that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee."
So it appears katzpur and I have the same kjv,except mine has a 'u' in the spelling of honour,does yours say something different?Is there some point you are trying to make or imply?
no, just couldn't find the verse specifically being referenced to.
It's just from the Ten Commandments -- Exodus 20. (It's a short chapter.) There really isn't anything in the context that I think is all that helpful. It does sound like a promise is being made contingent upon obedience to a commandment.
It was likely a general principle that yes--if an ancient Israelite honored his parents it would go well with him. It would likely affect the way his kids treated him in his golden years, as well. I've heard it said you can't tell a good Jew by looking at him and his kids...you look at his grandkids. If you teach your kids well, they teach their kids....
Of course, we're not ancient Israelites living under the Law.
The meaning of the word "honor" aside, what is the promise associated with honoring your parents? To me it sounds like it's that you'll have a long life.
Is that, as in my case.
Parents may tend to think 'Honor' means Respect.
It does not mean respecting the decisions of one's parents.
When they are not a respectable person.
My dad who hated christians?
Tried to tell me as a christian since 24.
That I had to Respect everything decision he decided upon.
Although respecting him was an impossible task.
I did loving care for him till the end
to the best I could from the decisions he made for himself.
I loved my dad. I bore the weight of my dad.
But he was a sinner who loved and defended his sin
even to the point of sacrificing my son and I for it.
I had little respect for my dad.
But I did not cast him off.
I bore the weight of him and at the end, earned his respect.
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