Deuteronomy 25 – read and compare multiple versions of the Bible
World English Bible
Deuteronomy 25 (WEBP)
[1] If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment and the judges judge them, then they shall justify the righteous and condemn the wicked.
[2] It shall be, if the wicked man is 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.
[3] 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.
[4] You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.
[5] If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger. Her husband’s brother shall go in to her, and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband’s brother to her.
[6] It shall be that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.
[7] If the man doesn’t want to take his brother’s wife, then his brother’s wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, “My husband’s brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel. He will not perform the duty of a husband’s brother to me.”
[8] Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him. If he stands and says, “I don’t want to take her,”
[9] then his brother’s wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, and loose his sandal from off his foot, and spit in his face. She shall answer and say, “So shall it be done to the man who does not build up his brother’s house.”
[10] His name shall be called in Israel, “The house of him who had his sandal removed.”
[11] When men strive against each other, and the wife of one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts out her hand, and grabs him by his private parts,
[12] then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity.
[13] You shall not have in your bag diverse weights, one heavy and one light.
[14] You shall not have in your house diverse measures, one large and one small.
[15] You shall have a perfect and just weight. You shall have a perfect and just measure, that your days may be long in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.
[16] For all who do such things, all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh your God.
[17] Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came out of Egypt,
[18] how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t fear God.
[19] Therefore it shall be, when Yahweh your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky. You shall not forget.
Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.
King James w/Strong’s #s
Deuteronomy 25 (KJVS)
[1] If there be a controversy H7379 between men H582, and they come H5066 (8738) unto judgment H4941, that [the judges] may judge H8199 (8804) them; then they shall justify H6663 (8689) the righteous H6662, and condemn H7561 (8689) the wicked H7563.
[2] And it shall be, if the wicked man H7563 [be] worthy H1121 to be beaten H5221 (8687), that the judge H8199 (8802) shall cause him to lie down H5307 (8689), and to be beaten H5221 (8689) before his face H6440, according H1767 to his fault H7564, by a certain number H4557.
[3] Forty H705 stripes H5221 (8686) he may give him, [and] not exceed H3254 (8686): lest, [if] he should exceed H3254 (8686), and beat H5221 (8687) him above these with many H7227 stripes H4347, then thy brother H251 should seem vile H7034 (8738) H5869 unto thee.
[4] Thou shalt not muzzle H2629 (8799) the ox H7794 when he treadeth out H1778 (8800) [the corn].
[5] If brethren H251 dwell H3427 (8799) together H3162, and one H259 of them die H4191 (8804), and have no child H1121, the wife H802 of the dead H4191 (8801) shall not marry without H2351 unto a stranger H376 H2114 (8801): her husband’s brother H2993 shall go in H935 (8799) unto her, and take H3947 (8804) her to him to wife H802, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother H2992 (8762) unto her.
[6] And it shall be, [that] the firstborn H1060 which she beareth H3205 (8799) shall succeed H6965 (8799) in the name H8034 of his brother H251 [which is] dead H4191 (8801), that his name H8034 be not put out H4229 (8735) of Israel H3478.
[7] And if the man H376 like H2654 (8799) not to take H3947 (8800) his brother’s wife H2994, then let his brother’s wife H2994 go up H5927 (8804) to the gate H8179 unto the elders H2205, and say H559 (8804), My husband’s brother H2993 refuseth H3985 (8765) to raise up H6965 (8687) unto his brother H251 a name H8034 in Israel H3478, he will H14 (8804) not perform the duty of my husband’s brother H2992 (8763).
[8] Then the elders H2205 of his city H5892 shall call H7121 (8804) him, and speak H1696 (8765) unto him: and [if] he stand H5975 (8804) [to it], and say H559 (8804), I like H2654 (8804) not to take H3947 (8800) her;
[9] Then shall his brother’s wife H2994 come H5066 (8738) unto him in the presence H5869 of the elders H2205, and loose H2502 (8804) his shoe H5275 from off his foot H7272, and spit H3417 (8804) in his face H6440, and shall answer H6030 (8804) and say H559 (8804), So shall it be done H6213 (8735) unto that man H376 that will not build up H1129 (8799) his brother’s H251 house H1004.
[10] And his name H8034 shall be called H7121 (8738) in Israel H3478, The house H1004 of him that hath his shoe H5275 loosed H2502 (8803).
[11] When men H582 strive H5327 (8735) together H3162 one with another H251 H376, and the wife H802 of the one H259 draweth near H7126 (8804) for to deliver H5337 (8687) her husband H376 out of the hand H3027 of him that smiteth H5221 (8688) him, and putteth forth H7971 (8804) her hand H3027, and taketh H2388 (8689) him by the secrets H4016:
[12] Then thou shalt cut off H7112 (8804) her hand H3709, thine eye H5869 shall not pity H2347 (8799) [her].
[13] Thou shalt not have in thy bag H3599 divers weights H68 H68, a great H1419 and a small H6996.
[14] Thou shalt not have in thine house H1004 divers measures H374 H374, a great H1419 and a small H6996.
[15] [But] thou shalt have a perfect H8003 and just H6664 weight H68, a perfect H8003 and just H6664 measure H374 shalt thou have: that thy days H3117 may be lengthened H748 (8686) in the land H127 which the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 (8802) thee.
[16] For all that do H6213 (8802) such things H428, [and] all that do H6213 (8802) unrighteously H5766, [are] an abomination H8441 unto the LORD H3068 thy God H430.
[17] Remember H2142 (8800) what Amalek H6002 did H6213 (8804) unto thee by the way H1870, when ye were come forth H3318 (8800) out of Egypt H4714;
[18] How he met H7136 (8804) thee by the way H1870, and smote the hindmost H2179 (8762) of thee, [even] all [that were] feeble H2826 (8737) behind H310 thee, when thou [wast] faint H5889 and weary H3023; and he feared H3373 not God H430.
[19] Therefore it shall be, when the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath given thee rest H5117 (8687) from all thine enemies H341 (8802) round about H5439, in the land H776 which the LORD H3068 thy God H430 giveth H5414 (8802) thee [for] an inheritance H5159 to possess H3423 (8800) it, [that] thou shalt blot out H4229 (8799) the remembrance H2143 of Amalek H6002 from under heaven H8064; thou shalt not forget H7911 (8799) [it].
Young’s Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 25 (YLT)
[1] ‘When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer,
[2] 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;
[3] forty times he doth smite him-he is not adding, lest, he is adding to smite him above these-many stripes, and thy brother is lightly esteemed in thine eyes.
[4] ‘Thou dost not muzzle an ox in its threshing.
[5] ‘When brethren dwell together, and one of them hath died, and hath no son, the wife of the dead is not without to a strange man; her husband’s brother doth go in unto her, and hath taken her to him for a wife, and doth perform the duty of her husband’s brother;
[6] and it hath been, the first-born which she beareth doth rise for the name of his dead brother, and his name is not wiped away out of Israel.
[7] ‘And if the man doth not delight to take his brother’s wife, then hath his brother’s wife gone up to the gate, unto the elders, and said, My husband’s brother is refusing to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he hath not been willing to perform the duty of my husband’s brother;
[8] and the elders of his city have called for him, and spoken unto him, and he hath stood and said, I have no desire to take her;
[9] ‘Then hath his brother’s wife drawn nigh unto him, before the eyes of the elders, and drawn his shoe from off his foot, and spat in his face, and answered and said, Thus it is done to the man who doth not build up the house of his brother;
[10] and his name hath been called in Israel-The house of him whose shoe is drawn off.
[11] ‘When men strive together, one with another, and the wife of the one hath drawn near to deliver her husband out of the hand of his smiter, and hath put forth her hand, and laid hold on his secrets,
[12] then thou hast cut off her hand, thine eye doth not spare.
[13] ‘Thou hast not in thy bag a stone and a stone, a great and a small.
[14] Thou hast not in thy house an ephah and an ephah, a great and a small.
[15] Thou hast a stone complete and just, thou hast an ephah complete and just, so that they prolong thy days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee;
[16] for the abomination of Jehovah thy God is any one doing these things, any one doing iniquity.
[17] ‘Remember that which Amalek hath done to thee in the way, in your going out from Egypt,
[18] that he hath met thee in the way, and smiteth in all those feeble behind thee (and thou wearied and fatigued), and is not fearing God.
[19] And it hath been, in Jehovah thy God’s giving rest to thee, from all thine enemies round about, in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee-an inheritance to possess it-thou dost blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under the heavens-thou dost not forget.