Deuteronomy 25:2

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1 “If there is a ^adispute between men, and they come to¹ court, that the judges may judge them, and they ^bjustify the righteous and condemn the wicked,

2 then it shall be, if the wicked man ^adeserves to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to lie down ^band be beaten in his presence, according to his guilt, with a certain number of blows.

3 ^aForty blows he may give him and no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with many blows above these, and your brother ^bbe humiliated in your sight.

4 ^a“You shall not muzzle an ox while it¹ treads out the grain.

Marriage Duty of the Surviving Brother

5 ^a“If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the widow of the dead man shall not be married to a stranger outside the family; her husband’s brother shall go in to her, take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 25:2

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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.

Amplified® Bible
Then if the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with a certain number of stripes according to his offense.

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 25:1)

Darby English Version
And it shall be if the wicked man have deserved to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and be beaten before his face, according to the measure of his wickedness with a certain number [of stripes].

Good News Bible
If the guilty one is sentenced to be beaten, the judge is to make him lie face downward and have him whipped. The number of lashes will depend on the crime he has committed.

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.

New American Standard Bible
then it shall be if the wicked man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall then make him lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of stripes according to his guilt.

New International Version
If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall make him lie down and have him flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime deserves,

New King James Version
then it shall be, if the wicked man deserves to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence, according to his guilt, with a certain number of blows.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
then if the wicked man deserves a beating, the judge shall then make him lie down and receive a beating in his presence with the number of stripes according to his guilt.

Revised Standard Version
then if the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with a number of stripes in proportion to his offense.

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;

New English Translation
Then,¹ if the guilty person is sentenced to a beating,² the judge shall force him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of blows his wicked behavior deserves.³

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