Deuteronomy 25:3 Parallel Translations

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.

ERV:

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.

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.

Deuteronomy 25:3 Cross References

XREF:

Job 18:3 "Why are we regarded as beasts, As stupid in your eyes?

2 Corinthians 11:24 Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

25:3 {c} 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.
(c) The superstition Jews later removed one, 2Co 11:24.

WES:

25:3 Forty stripes - It seems not superstition, but prudent caution, when the Jews would not exceed thirty - nine stripes, lest through mistake or forgetfulness they should go beyond their bounds, which they were commanded to keep. Should seem vile - Should be made contemptible to his brethren, either by this cruel usage of him, as if he were a brute beast: or by the deformity or infirmity of body which excessive beating might produce.

MHC:

25:1-3 Every punishment should be with solemnity, that those who see it may be filled with dread, and be warned not to offend in like manner. And though the criminals must be shamed as well as put to pain, for their warning and disgrace, yet care should be taken that they do not appear totally vile. Happy those who are chastened of the Lord to humble them, that they should not be condemned with the world to destruction.

CONC:

Adding Beat Blows Brother Continue Degraded Despicable Dishonoured Esteemed Exceed Flogged Forty Lashes Lest Lightly Seem Shamed Sight Smite Stripes Vile

Adding Beat Blows Continue Degraded Despicable Dishonoured Exceed Eyes Seem Sight Smite Stripes Times Vile

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