Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 24:16
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified® Bible
The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers; only for his own sin shall anyone be put to death.
Contemporary English Version
Parents must not be put to death for crimes committed by their children, and children must not be put to death for crimes committed by their parents. Don't put anyone to death for someone else's crime.
Darby English Version
The fathers shall not be put to death for the sons, neither shall the sons be put to death for the fathers: every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Good News Bible
"Parents are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their children, and children are not to be put to death for crimes committed by their parents; people are to be put to death only for a crime they themselves have committed.
King James Version
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.
New American Standard Bible
"Fathers shall not be put to death for {their} sons, nor shall sons be put to death for {their} fathers; everyone shall be put to death for his own sin.
New International Version
Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children put to death for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
New King James Version
“Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor shall children be put to death for their fathers; a person shall be put to death for his own sin.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" Fathers shall not receive the death penalty for their sons, nor shall sons receive the death penalty for their fathers; everyone shall suffer death for his own sin.
Revised Standard Version
"The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, nor shall the children be put to death for the fathers; every man shall be put to death for his own sin.
Young's Literal Translation
`Fathers are not put to death for sons, and sons are not put to death for fathers -- each for his own sin, they are put to death.
