Deuteronomy 25:3
Deuteronomy 25:1-3 The Message (MSG)
When men have a legal dispute, let them go to court; the judges will decide between them, declaring one innocent and the other guilty. If the guilty one deserves punishment, the judge will have him lay himself down before him and lashed as many times as his crime deserves, but not more than forty. If you hit him more than forty times, you will degrade him to something less than human.
Deuteronomy 25:3 King James Version (KJV)
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.
Deuteronomy 25:3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
He may beat him forty times but no more, so that he does not beat him with many more stripes than these and your brother is not degraded in your eyes.
Deuteronomy 25:3 New Century Version (NCV)
But don’t hit a person more than forty times, because more than that would disgrace him before others.
Deuteronomy 25:3 American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Deuteronomy 25:3 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
but the judge must not impose more than forty lashes. If the guilty party is flogged more than that, your fellow Israelite will be degraded in your eyes.
Deuteronomy 25:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
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.
Deuteronomy 25:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
He may have him beaten forty times, but no more. He is not to be beaten with more stripes than these and he is not to be degraded [that is, treated like an animal] in your sight.