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Source language
JPS Hebrew-English TANAKH   
שמע לאביך זה ילדך ואל-תבוז כי-זקנה אמך
Hebrew - Transliteration via code library   
SHm` lAbyk zh yldk vAl-tbvz ky-zqnh Amk

Intermediate language
Vulgate (Latin)   
audi patrem tuum qui genuit te et ne contemnas cum senuerit mater tua

King James Variants
American King James Version   
Listen to your father that begat you, and despise not your mother when she is old.
King James 2000 (out of print)   
Hearken unto your father that begat you, and despise not your mother when she is old.
King James Bible (Cambridge, large print)   
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Authorized (King James) Version   
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
New King James Version   
Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
21st Century King James Version   
Hearken unto thy father that begot thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

Other translations
American Standard Version   
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she is old.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English   
Hear your father who begot you and do not despise the old age of your mother.
Darby Bible Translation   
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)   
Hearken to thy father, that beget thee: and despise not thy mother when she is old.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance   
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible   
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
God's Word   
Listen to your father since you are his son, and do not despise your mother because she is old.
Holman Christian Standard Bible   
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.
International Standard Version   
Listen to the one who fathered you, and don't despise your mother in her old age.
NET Bible   
Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
New American Standard Bible   
Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
New International Version   
Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
New Living Translation   
Listen to your father, who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.
Webster's Bible Translation   
Hearken to thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
The World English Bible   
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don't despise your mother when she is old.
EasyEnglish Bible   
16. Listen to your father. You would not be alive without him. Continue to respect your mother when she becomes old.
Young‘s Literal Translation   
Hearken to thy father, who begat thee, And despise not thy mother when she hath become old.
New Life Version   
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not hate your mother when she is old.
The Voice Bible   
Pay attention to your father—after all, he gave you life— and don’t ignore your mother in her old age.
Living Bible   
Listen to your father’s advice and don’t despise an old mother’s experience.
New Catholic Bible   
Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Legacy Standard Bible   
Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
Jubilee Bible 2000   
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Christian Standard Bible   
Listen to your father who gave you life, and don’t despise your mother when she is old.
Amplified Bible © 1954   
Hearken to your father, who begot you, and despise not your mother when she is old.
New Century Version   
Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not forget your mother when she is old.
The Message   
Listen with respect to the father who raised you, and when your mother grows old, don’t neglect her. Buy truth—don’t sell it for love or money; buy wisdom, buy education, buy insight. Parents rejoice when their children turn out well; wise children become proud parents. So make your father happy! Make your mother proud!
Evangelical Heritage Version ™   
Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Good News Translation®   
Listen to your father; without him you would not exist. When your mother is old, show her your appreciation.
Wycliffe Bible   
Hear thy father, that begat thee (Listen to thy father, who begat thee); and despise not thy mother, when she is eld.
Contemporary English Version   
Pay attention to your father, and don't neglect your mother when she grows old.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition   
Hearken to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition   
Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition   
Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Common English Bible © 2011   
Listen to your father, who gave you life; don’t despise your elderly mother.
Amplified Bible © 2015   
Listen to your father, who sired you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
English Standard Version Anglicised   
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)   
Listen to your father who begot you, do not despise your mother when she is old.
New American Standard Bible   
Listen to your father, who fathered you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
The Expanded Bible   
Listen to your father, who ·gave you life [begot you], and do not ·forget [despise] your mother when she is old.
Tree of Life Version   
Listen to your father who begot you and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Revised Standard Version   
Hearken to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
New International Reader's Version   
Listen to your father, who gave you life. Don’t hate your mother when she is old.
BRG Bible   
Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.
Complete Jewish Bible   
Listen to your father, who gave you life; and don’t despise your mother when she gets old.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised   
Listen to your father who begot you, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Orthodox Jewish Bible   
Pay heed unto avicha that fathered thee, and despise not immecha when she is old.
Names of God Bible   
Listen to your father since you are his son, and do not despise your mother because she is old.
Modern English Version   
Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
Easy-to-Read Version   
Listen to your father. Without him, you would never have been born. Respect your mother, even when she is old.
International Children’s Bible   
Listen to your father, who gave you life. And do not forget your mother when she is old.
Lexham English Bible   
Listen to your father—he who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.
New International Version - UK   
Listen to your father, who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.