Deuteronomy 25:2

Deuteronomy 25:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)If the guilty person deserves to be beaten, the judge shall make them lie down and have them flogged in his presence with the number of lashes the crime deserves,
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)If the person in the wrong is sentenced to be flogged, the judge must command him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of lashes appropriate to the crime.

Context of Deuteronomy 25:2

1"If there is a dispute between men and they come into court and the judges decide between them, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty, 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. 3Forty stripes may be given him, but not more, lest, if one should go on to beat him with more stripes than these, your brother be degraded in your sight. 4"You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.

Deuteronomy 25:2 word by word

וְהָיָ֛ה אִם־בִּ֥ן הַכּ֖וֹת הָרָשָׁ֑ע וְהִפִּיל֤וֹ הַשֹּׁפֵט֙ וְהִכָּ֣הוּ לְפָנָ֔יו כְּדֵ֥י רִשְׁעָת֖וֹ בְּמִסְפָּֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it shall be, if the wicked manרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• worthyבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• to be beatenנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• that the judgeשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• shall cause him to lie downנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• before his faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• accordingדַּיday · sufficiencyH1767
• to his faultרִשְׁעָהrish‛âh · wickednessH7564
• by a certain numberמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 25:2

• Matthew 10:17Beware of men, for they will deliver you over to courts and flog you in their synagogues,
• Matthew 27:26Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified.
• Luke 12:47And that servant who knew his master's will but did not get ready or act according to his will, will receive a severe beating.
• Acts 5:40and when they had called in the apostles, they beat them and charged them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
• Acts 16:22The crowd joined in attacking them, and the magistrates tore the garments off them and gave orders to beat them with rods.
• 1 Peter 2:20For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But if when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 25:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2The judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face - This precept is literally followed in China; the culprit receives in the presence of the magistrate the punishment which the law directs to be inflicted. Thus then justice is done, for the magistrate sees that the letter of the law is duly fulfilled, and that the officers do not transgress it, either by indulgence on the one hand, or severity on the other. The culprit receives…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-192-3. if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten--In judicial sentences, which awarded punishment short of capital, scourging, like the Egyptian bastinado, was the most common form in which they were executed. The Mosaic law, however, introduced two important restrictions; namely: (1) The punishment should be inflicted in presence of the judge instead of being inflicted in private by some heartless official; and (2) The maximum amount of it should be limited…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 25:2

• Judge
• Justice
• Punishment
• Scourging

In the dictionaries

• Bastinado
• Beat
• Exceed
• Hindmost
• Muzzle
• Stripe
• Stripes
• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings