KJV King James Version
And 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 fault, by a certain number.
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Deuteronomy 25:2
And 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 fault, by a certain number.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.
WEB World English Bible
and 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.
ASV American Standard Version
And 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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
then it hath come to pass, if the wrong-doer is to be smitten, that the judge hath caused him to fall down, and one hath smitten him in his presence, according to the sufficiency of his wrong-doing, by number;
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 25
1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that [the judges] may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
2 And 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 fault, by a certain number.
3 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.
4 Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out [the corn].
5 If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהָיָ֛הH1961 · ha.yahto beאִם־H518 · imifבִּ֥ןH1121 · benson: childהַכּ֖וֹתH5221 · na.khahto smiteהָרָשָׁ֑עH7563 · ra.sahwickedוְהִפִּיל֤וֹH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallהַשֹּׁפֵט֙H8199 · sha.phatto judgeוְהִכָּ֣הוּH5221 · na.khahto smiteלְפָנָ֔יוH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeכְּדֵ֥יH1767 · daysufficiencyרִשְׁעָת֖וֹH7564 · rish.ahwickednessבְּמִסְפָּֽר׃H4557 · mis.parnumber
Cross-references
Luke 12:47-48And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not [himself], neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many [stripes].Matthew 27:26Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered [him] to be crucified.Matthew 10:17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;1 Peter 2:24Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed.Acts 5:40And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten [them], they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.1 Peter 2:20For what glory [is it], if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye take it patiently, this [is] acceptable with God.Acts 16:22-24And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat [them].
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