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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Ils diront aux anciens de sa ville: Voici notre fils qui est indocile et rebelle, qui n'écoute pas notre voix, et qui se livre à des excès et à l'ivrognerie.
KJV
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.
Philo Judaeus
De Ebrietate
ὶ φυσηθέντος ὑπ’ ἀνοίας παιδὸς οἱ γονεῖς τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον κατηγόρησαν εἰπόντες „ὁ υἱὸς ἡμῶν οὗτος“ (Deut. 21,20), δεικνύντες τὸν ἀπειθῆ καὶ ἀπαυχενίζοντα. διὰ γὰρ τῆς δείξεως τῆς „οὗτος“ ἐμφαίνουσιν ὅτι καὶ ἑτέρους ἐγέννησαν, τοὺς μὲν τῷ ἑτέρῳ, τοὺς δ’ ἀμφοτέροις καταπειθεῖς, λο…
Philo Judaeus
De Mutatione Nominum
οιεῖν καὶ οἱ κατηγοροῦντες τοῦ υἱοῦ γονεῖς ἐπ’ οἰνοφλυγίᾳ· λέγουσι γάρ· „ὁ υἱὸς ἡμῶν οὗτος ἀπειθεῖ“ (Deut. 21,20), διὰ τῆς προσθήκης τῆς „οὗτος“ μηνύοντες, ὅτι εἰσὶν ἕτεροι παῖδες καρτερικοὶ καὶ σώφρονες, τοῖς ἐπιτάγμασι τοῦ ὀρθοῦ λόγου καὶ παιδείας πειθαρχοῦντες· οὗτοι γὰρ ψυχῆς…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
s left to paternal admonition, since it is contrary to the good of the household; hence it is said ( Dt. 21:20 ) in the person of parents: "He slighteth hearing our admonitions, he giveth himself to revelling, and to debauchery and banquetings." Whether the moral precepts of the…
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