Deuteronomy 25:3 - Easy To Read Version You must never hit a person more than 40 times. If you beat a person more than 40 times, then that shows that person’s life is not important to you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Forty stripes may be given him but not more, lest, if he should be beaten with many stripes, your brother should [be treated like a beast and] seem low and worthless to you. 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. Common English Bible Give no more than forty blows. If more than that is given, your fellow Israelite would be completely disgraced in your eyes. Catholic Public Domain Version Even so, these shall not exceed the number of forty. Otherwise, your brother may depart, having been wounded shamefully before your eyes. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Yet so, that they exceed not the number of forty: lest thy brother depart shamefully torn before thy eyes. |
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