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,
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• 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.

Context of Deuteronomy 25:2

1“Suppose there is a dispute between people and they approach the court, the judges hear their case, and declare one righteous and the other guilty. Now if the guilty one deserves to be flogged, the judge is to make him lie down and be flogged before him, with the number of lashes in proportion to his guilt. 3He may strike him 40 times but no more. Otherwise he would beat him with too many a wound beyond these, and your brother would be degraded in your eyes. 4“You are not to muzzle the ox while it is threshing.

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 10:17But beware of men, for they will hand you over to the courts and flog you in their synagogues.
• Matthew 27:26Then he released to them Bar-Abba. And after he had Yeshua scourged, he handed Him over to be crucified.
• Luke 12:47“That slave who knew his master’s will but did not prepare or act according to his desire will be harshly whipped.
• Acts 5:40called in the emissaries, flogged them, ordered them not to continue speaking in the name of Yeshua, and let them go.
• Acts 16:22Then the crowd joined in the attack on them. So the chief authorities ripped their clothes off them and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
• 1 Peter 2:20For what credit is there if, when you sin and get a beating, you endure? But if you endure when you do good and suffer for it, this finds favor with 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