Verse (Click for Chapter) GOD'S WORD® Translation Forty lashes may be given, but no more. If an Israelite were given more than that, he would be publicly humiliated. 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. 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. 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. 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. World English Bible 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. 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. Deuteronomy 25:3 Additional Translations ... Links Deuteronomy 25:3 NIVDeuteronomy 25:3 NLT Deuteronomy 25:3 ESV Deuteronomy 25:3 NASB Deuteronomy 25:3 NKJV Deuteronomy 25:3 KJV |