Deuteronomy 25:3 | |
NASB: "He may beat him forty times [but] no more, so that he does not beat him with many more stripes than these and your brother is not degraded in your eyes. (NASB ©1995) GWT: Forty lashes may be given, but no more. If an Israelite were given more than that, he would be publicly humiliated. (GOD'S WORD®) 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. ASV: 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. BBE: He may be given forty blows, not more; for if more are given, your brother may be shamed before you. DBY: 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. JPS: 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 be dishonoured before thine eyes. WBS: 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 to thee. WEB: Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother should seem vile to you. YLT: forty [times] 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. | |
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