Deuteronomy 25:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.”
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“He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 25:3 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 18:3Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
- Luke 15:30But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
- Luke 18:9To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable:
- 2 Corinthians 11:24Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
- James 2:2Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.
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