NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Forty'arba`iym (ar-baw-eem') forty -- forty. stripes nakah (naw-kaw') to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively) he may give him and not exceed yacaph (yaw-saf') to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing) lest if he should exceed yacaph (yaw-saf') to add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing) and beat nakah (naw-kaw') to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively) him above these with many rab (rab) abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality) stripes makkah (mak-kaw') beaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, sore, stripe, stroke, wound(-ed). then thy brother 'ach (awkh) a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like 1) -- another, brother(-ly); kindred, like, other. should seem vile qalah (kaw-law') to be light (as implied in rapid motion), but figuratively, only (be (causatively, hold) in contempt) -- base, contemn, despise, lightly esteem, set light, seem vile. `ayin (ah'-yin) an eye; by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) unto thee Parallel Verses 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. 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. Holman Christian Standard Bible He may be flogged with 40 lashes, but no more. Otherwise, if he is flogged with more lashes than these, your brother will be degraded in your sight." International Standard Version But he must not be beaten more than 40 lashes, because if he receives more than 40 lashes, your brother will be humiliated in your eyes. NET Bible The judge may sentence him to forty blows, but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite with contempt. 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. King James 2000 Bible Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him more than these with many stripes, then your brother should seem degraded unto you. Links Deuteronomy 25:3Deuteronomy 25:3 NIV Deuteronomy 25:3 NLT Deuteronomy 25:3 ESV Deuteronomy 25:3 NASB Deuteronomy 25:3 KJV |
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