Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I {am} the LORD.

Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute {is due}; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

The hoary head {is} a crown of glory, {if} it be found in the way of righteousness.

Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all {of you} be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

Honour all {men}. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. {Honour all: or, Esteem all}

A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:

But now {they that are} younger than I have me in derision, whose fathers I would have disdained to have set with the dogs of my flock. {younger...: Heb. of fewer days than I}

Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded. {sober...: or, discreet}