Deuteronomy 25:3 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.”
Deuteronomy 25:3 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Deuteronomy 25:3 in 6 Bible Translations
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Deuteronomy 25:3 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“He may sentence him to no more than forty stripes. He shall not give more, lest if he should give more and beat him more than that many stripes, then your brother will be degraded in your sight.”
Deuteronomy 25:3 — World English Bible
Deuteronomy 25:3 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee. ”
Deuteronomy 25:3 — American Standard Version
Deuteronomy 25:3 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“forty <FI>times<Fi> he doth smite him--he is not adding, lest, he is adding to smite him above these--many stripes, and thy brother is lightly esteemed in thine eyes.”
Deuteronomy 25:3 — Young's Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 25:3 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“With forty [stripes] shall they beat him; they shall not exceed, lest, if they continue to beat him with many stripes above these, thy brother become despicable in thine eyes. ”
Deuteronomy 25:3 — Darby Translation
Deuteronomy 25:3 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Fortie stripes shall he cause him to haue and not past, lest if he should exceede and beate him aboue that with many stripes, thy brother should appeare despised in thy sight.”
Deuteronomy 25:3 — Geneva Bible
Deuteronomy 25:3 in Context — Deuteronomy 25
1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.
What Does Deuteronomy 25:3 Mean?
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