Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Versionbut the judge must not impose more than forty lashes. If the guilty party is flogged more than that, your fellow Israelite will be degraded in your eyes. English Standard Version Forty stripes may be given him, but not more, lest, if one should go on to beat him with more stripes than these, your brother be degraded in your sight. Berean Study Bible He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight. King James Bible 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. New American Standard Bible "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. American Standard Version 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. Darby Bible Translation 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. Douay-Rheims Bible Yet so, that they exceed not the number of forty: lest thy brother depart shamefully torn before thy eyes. English Revised Version 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. Young's Literal Translation 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. Links Deuteronomy 25:3 Bible HubDeuteronomy 25:3 Bible Apps Deuteronomy 25:3 Open Bible |