14 The Levites speak again at this point; throughout this pericope the Levites pronounce the curse and the people respond with “Amen.”
15 The Hebrew term קָלָה (qalah) means to treat with disdain or lack of due respect (cf. , , “dishonors”; “despises”). It is the opposite of כָּבֵד (kaved, “to be heavy,” that is, to treat with reverence and proper deference). To treat a parent lightly is to dishonor him or her and thus violate the fifth commandment (Deut 5:16; cf. Exod 21:17).

In other versions

“ ‘Cursed be anyone who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

“Cursed is anyone who dishonors their father or mother.”

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

‘The one who dishonors his father or mother is cursed.’

And all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

‘Cursed is anyone who dishonors father or mother.’

And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’

‘Cursed be the one who dishonors his father or his mother.’ And all of the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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