12 “Honor your father and your mother,(A) so that you may live long(B) in the land(C) the Lord your God is giving you.

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12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

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12 (A)“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be (B)long upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.

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“Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Ephesians 6:3 Deut. 5:16

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.

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(A)“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with promise: “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”

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