Deuteronomy 25:12

Deuteronomy 25:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
• English Standard Version (ESV)then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall not pity her.
• New Living Translation (NLT)you must cut off her hand. Show her no pity.

Context of Deuteronomy 25:12

10That man’s line shall be known in Israel as The Family of the Unsandaled. 11If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts, you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity. 13Do not have two differing weights in your bag—one heavy, one light. 14Do not have two differing measures in your house—one large, one small.

Deuteronomy 25:12 word by word

וְקַצֹּתָ֖ה אֶת־כַּפָּ֑הּ לֹ֥א תָח֖וֹס עֵינֶֽךָ׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then thou shalt cut offקָצַץqâtsats · to cutH7112
• her handכַּףkaph · palmH3709
• thine eyeעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• shall not pityחוּסchûs · to pityH2347

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 25:12

• Deuteronomy 19:13Show no pity. You must purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, so that it may go well with you.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 25:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12This is the only mutilation prescribed by the Law of Moses, unless we except the retaliation prescribed as a punishment for the infliction on another of bodily injuries Leviticus 24:19-20. The act in question was probably not rare in the times and countries for which the Law of Moses was designed. It is of course to be understood that the act was willful, and that the prescribed punishment would be inflicted according to the sentence of the judges.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-12Verses 5-12 The custom here regulated seems to have been in the Jewish law in order to keep inheritances distinct; now it is unlawful.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-12cut off her hand: The woman’s action would stop the man from having children. Like the earlier law (25:9) the punishment matches the crime. This is called lex talionis ("the law of equal punishment"; see study note on 19:21).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 25:12

• Pity

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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