Deuteronomy 25:3
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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.He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
In other translations
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.He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
Hebrew words
אַרְבָּעִים'arba'imforty [times]H705יַכֶּנּוּyakenuhe will strike himH5221לֹאlo'notH3808יֹסִיףyosifhe will increaseH3254פֶּן־pen-lestH6435יֹסִיףyosifhe should increaseH3254לְהַכֹּתוֹlehakototo strike himH5221עַל־'al-toH5921אֵלֶּה'elehtheseH428מַכָּהmakahstrikingH4347רַבָּהrabahmuchH7227וְנִקְלָהveniklahand he will be dishonoredH7034אָחִיךָ'achikhacountryman yourH251לְעֵינֶיךָ׃ סle'eineikhato eyes yourH5869
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Related verses
- Job 18:3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
- James 2:2-32 For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; 3 And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:2 Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. 3 If you lavish attention on the man in fine clothes and say, “Here is a seat of honor,” but say to the poor man, “You must stand” or “Sit at my feet,”
- 2 Corinthians 11:24-2524 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.
- Luke 18:9-129 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. 12 I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.9 To some who trusted in their own righteousness and viewed others with contempt, He also told this parable: 10 “Two men went up to the temple to pray. One was a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood by himself and prayed, ‘God, I thank You that I am not like the other men—swindlers, evildoers, adulterers—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’
- Luke 15:30But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.But when this son of yours returns from squandering your wealth with prostitutes, you kill the fattened calf for him!’
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