KJV
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.



KJV
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.

AMP
3. Forty stripes may be given him but not more, lest, if he should be beaten with many stripes, your brother should [be treated like a beast and] seem low and worthless to you.

KJVP
3. Forty H705 MMP stripes he may give H5221 him , [ and ] not H3808 NADV exceed H3254 VHY3MS : lest H6435 CONJ , [ if ] he should exceed H3254 VHY3MS , and beat H5221 him above H5921 PREP these H428 PMP with many H7227 AFS stripes H4347 , then thy brother H251 CMS-2MS should seem vile H7034 unto H5869 thee .

YLT
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.

ASV
3. 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.

WEB
3. Forty stripes he may give him, he shall not exceed; lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother should seem vile to you.

NASB
3. Forty stripes may be given him, but no more; lest, if he were beaten with more stripes than these, your kinsman should be looked upon as disgraced because of the severity of the beating.

ESV
3. Forty stripes may be given him, but not more, lest, if one should go on to beat him with more stripes than these, your brother be degraded in your sight.

RV
3. 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.

RSV
3. Forty stripes may be given him, but not more; lest, if one should go on to beat him with more stripes than these, your brother be degraded in your sight.

NKJV
3. "Forty blows he may give him [and] no more, lest he should exceed this and beat him with many blows above these, and your brother be humiliated in your sight.

MKJV
3. He may give him forty stripes, no more, lest he should exceed and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother would be dishonored before your eyes.

AKJV
3. Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother should seem vile to you.

NRSV
3. Forty lashes may be given but not more; if more lashes than these are given, your neighbor will be degraded in your sight.

NIV
3. but he must not give him more than forty lashes. If he is flogged more than that, your brother will be degraded in your eyes.

NIRV
3. But the judge must not give the guilty man more than 40 strokes. If more than that are used, you will look down on your Israelite neighbor.

NLT
3. But never give more than forty lashes; more than forty lashes would publicly humiliate your neighbor.

MSG
3. but not more than forty. If you hit him more than forty times, you will degrade him to something less than human.

GNB
3. He may be given as many as forty lashes, but no more; more than that would humiliate him publicly.

NET
3. The judge may sentence him to forty blows, but no more. If he is struck with more than these, you might view your fellow Israelite with contempt.

ERVEN
3. Don't hit anyone more than 40 times during punishment, because more than that means that their life is not important to you.