Deuteronomy Chapter 25 verse 2 Holy Bible
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 wickedness, by number.
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And if the wrongdoer is to undergo punishment by whipping, the judge will give orders for him to go down on his face and be whipped before him, the number of the blows being in relation to his crime.
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And it shall be if the wicked man have deserved to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and be beaten before his face, according to the measure of his wickedness with a certain number [of stripes].
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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.
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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.
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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 wickedness, by number.
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then it hath come to pass, if the wrong-doer is to be smitten, that the judge hath caused him to fall down, and `one' hath smitten him in his presence, according to the sufficiency of his wrong-doing, by number;
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Ellicott's Commentary
Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewIfאִם־ (’im-)ConjunctionStrong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, notthe guilty manהָרָשָׁ֑ע (hā·rā·šā‘)Article | Adjective - masculine singularStrong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad persondeserves to be beaten,הַכּ֖וֹת (hak·kō·wṯ)Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructStrong's 5221: To strikethe judgeהַשֹּׁפֵט֙ (haš·šō·p̄êṭ)Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularStrong's 8199: To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigateshall have him lie downוְהִפִּיל֤וֹ (wə·hip·pî·lōw)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singularStrong's 5307: To fall, lieand be floggedוְהִכָּ֣הוּ (wə·hik·kā·hū)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singularStrong's 5221: To strikein his presenceלְפָנָ֔יו (lə·p̄ā·nāw)Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 6440: The facewith the numberבְּמִסְפָּֽר׃ (bə·mis·pār)Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narrationof lashesכְּדֵ֥י (kə·ḏê)Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 1767: Sufficiency, enoughhis crime deserves.רִשְׁעָת֖וֹ (riš·‘ā·ṯōw)Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularStrong's 7564: WickednessJump to PreviousBeaten Blows Cause Caused Crime Deserve Deserves Judge Lie Measure Offense Orders Presence Proportion Punishment Relation Smitten Stripes Sufficiency Undergo Whipped Whipping Wicked Wickedness Worthy Wrongdoer Wrong-Doer Wrong-Doing
