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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Gill's Exposition
Honour thy father and thy mother, &c. Which is the fifth commandment of the decalogue, but is the first commandment with promise, as the apostle says, Eph 6:2 and is the first of the second table:…
The Hebrew name which is rendered in our King James Version as the ten commandments occurs in Exo 34:28; Deu 4:13; Deu 10:4. It literally means “the Ten Words.” The Ten Commandments are also called…
Adam Clarke
Honor thy father and thy mother - There is a degree of affectionate respect which is owing to parents, that no person else can properly claim. For a considerable time parents stand as it were in the…
We have here the laws of the second table, as they are commonly called, the last six of the ten commandments, comprehending our duty to ourselves and to one another, and constituting a comment upon…
Cambridge Bible
The fifthcommandment. Honour to be paid to parents. Cf. in H Lev 19:3. The position accorded to parents is a high one: they are mentioned in the first table of the Decalogue, and duty towards them…
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