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.
Forty {H705} stripes {H5221} he may give him, and not exceed {H3254}: lest, if he should exceed {H3254}, and beat {H5221} him above these with many {H7227} stripes {H4347}, then thy brother {H251} should seem vile {H7034}{H5869} unto thee.
but the maximum number is forty. He is not to exceed this; if he goes over this limit and beats him more than this, your brother will be humiliated before your eyes.
He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.
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.
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Job 18:3
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [and] reputed vile in your sight? -
James 2:2
For 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; -
James 2:3
And 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: -
2 Corinthians 11:24
Of the Jews five times received I forty [stripes] save one. -
2 Corinthians 11:25
Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; -
Luke 15:30
But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. -
Luke 18:9
¶ And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: