Deuteronomy 25:3
American King James Version (AKJV)
Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother should seem vile to you.
American Standard Version (ASV)
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 (BSB)
He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
He may be given forty blows, not more; for if more are given, your brother may be shamed before you.
Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)
Even so, these shall not exceed the number of forty. Otherwise, your brother may depart, having been wounded shamefully before your eyes.
Darby Bible (DBY)
With forty stripes shall they beat him; they shall not exceed, lest, if they continue to beat him with many stripes above these, thy brother become despicable in thine eyes.
Douay–Rheims Version (DRV)
Yet so, that they exceed not the number of forty: lest thy brother depart shamefully torn before thy eyes.
English Revised Version (ERV)
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.
Free Bible Version (FBV)
They are not to receive more than forty lashes. More than that would be to publicly humiliate them.
JPS Tanakh 1917 Old Testament / Weymouth New Testament (JPS / WNT)
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 be dishonoured before thine eyes.
King James Version (KJV)
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.
New Heart English Bible (NHEB)
He may give him forty stripes and no more. Otherwise, if he should go on and beat him with more stripes than these, your brother will be humiliated in your eyes.
Webster Bible (Webster)
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 to thee.
World English Bible (WEB)
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.
World Messianic Bible British Edition (WMBB)
He may sentence him to no more than forty stripes. He shall not give more, lest if he should give more and beat him more than that many stripes, then your brother will be degraded in your sight.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
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.