Deuteronomy 25:3
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.
*Fourtie stripes he may giue him, and not exceed: lest if he should exceede, and beate him aboue these, with many stripes, then thy brother should seeme vile vnto thee.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-reference2.Cor. 11.24.
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- James 2:2–3Rank 2 from verse 3
2For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
3And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
2For if there come vnto your †assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poore man, in vile raiment:
3And yee haue respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say vnto him, Sit thou here ‖in a good place: and say to the poore, Stand thou there, or sit here vnder my footstoole:
- 2 Corinthians 11:24–25Rank 3 from verse 3
24Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
25Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
24Of the Iewes fiue times receiued I *forty stripes saue one.
25Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned: thrice I suffered shipwracke: a night and a day I haue bene in the deepe.
- Luke 15:30Rank 4 from verse 3
- Luke 18:9–12Rank 5 from verse 3
9And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others:
10Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
12I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.
9And he spake this parable vnto certaine which trusted in themselues ‖that they were righteous, & despised other:
10Two men went vp into the Temple to pray, the one a Pharisee, and the other a Publicane.
11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himselfe, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, vniust, adulterers, or euen as this Publicane.
12I fast twise in the weeke, I giue tithes of all that I possesse.
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Deuteronomy 25:3
Blows, wounds, or marks made by beating.
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To grant, hand, offer, supply, yield, or cause to have.
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To go beyond a limit or surpass something else.
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For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.
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A verb expressing duty, propriety, expectation, intention, purpose, condition, appointed outcome, or a future event viewed from another time or statement.
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To strike repeatedly; to lay on repeated blows, with a stick, with the hand or fist, or with any instrument, and for any cause, just or unjust, or for punishment.
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Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.
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To appear, be regarded, or be fitting.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Low, base, contemptible, shameful, dishonourable, of little worth, or in a humbled condition.
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2And 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.
2And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the Iudge shall cause him to lie downe, and to bee beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certaine number.
3Forty 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.
3*Fourtie stripes he may giue him, and not exceed: lest if he should exceede, and beate him aboue these, with many stripes, then thy brother should seeme vile vnto thee.
Selected passage4¶ Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
4¶ *Thou shalt not mussell the oxe when he †treadeth out the corne.