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Fathersאָבוֹתshall notלֹאbe put to deathיוּמְתוּforעַלsons,בָּנִיםand sonsוּבָנִיםshall notלֹאbe put to deathיוּמְתוּforעַלfathers;אָבוֹתeachאִישshall be put to deathיוּמָתוּfor his own sin.בְּחֶטְאוֹ
Deuteronomy 24:16
Study it in the app“Fathers shall not be put to death for sons, and sons shall not be put to death for fathers; each shall be put to death for his own sin.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 24:16, word by word
- Fathersאָבוֹתavot
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avot” appears- be put to deathיוּמְתוּyumtu
be put to death
To lose one's life as punishment.
Where else “yumtu” appears- sonsבָּנִיםbanim
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “banim” appears- eachאִישish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- for his own sinחֶטְאchet
offense, sin
Offense, sin; its penalty.
Where else “chet” appears
Translation note
2 Kings 14:6 quotes it; Ezekiel 18:20 says something similar.
The context
15On his day you shall give him his wages, and the sun shall not go down on him, for he is poor and to it he lifts up his soul; so that he does not cry out against you to YHWH, and it be sin in you.
16 · This verse (above)
17You shall not pervert the justice due the resident alien or the orphan, and you shall not take in pledge the garment of a widow.