Deuteronomy 21:20

American Standard Version

and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.

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Deuteronomy 21:20 in other translations

They shall tell the elders of his city, “This our son is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey our voice. He is a glutton and a drunkard.”

Deuteronomy 21:20 · World English Bible

Deuteronomy 21:20 in context

  1. 18If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, that will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and, though they chasten him, will not hearken unto them;
  2. 19then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
  3. 20and they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
  4. 21And all the men of his city shall stone him to death with stones: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.
  5. 22And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and thou hang him on a tree;