Devine Scripture

Deuteronomy 25:3

Deuteronomy chapter 25 · verse 3 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

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.

Context

v.2And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his wickedness, by number.

v.3This passage

v.4Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the grain.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:24

    Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.

  • Job 18:3

    Wherefore are we counted as beasts, Andare become unclean in your sight?

  • Luke 15:30

    but when this thy son came, who hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou killedst for him the fatted calf.

  • Luke 18:9

    And he spake also this parable unto certain who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and set all others at nought:

  • James 2:2

    For if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, and there come in also a poor man in vile clothing;