Bible · Deuteronomy 25 · Verse 3
Deuteronomy 25:3
Berean Standard Bible
He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
King James Version
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.
World English Bible
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.
American Standard Version
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.