Deut.25.1
If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
Deut.25.1
When men have a legal dispute, let them go to court; the judges will decide between them, declaring one innocent and the other guilty.
Deut.25.1
When men have a dispute, they are to take it to court and the judges will decide the case, acquitting the innocent and condemning the guilty.
Deut.25.1
"If there is a dispute between men, and they come to court, that the judges may judge them, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked,
Deut.25.1
"Suppose two people take a dispute to court, and the judges declare that one is right and the other is wrong.
Deut.25.2
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.
Deut.25.2
If the guilty one deserves punishment, the judge will have him prostrate himself before him and lashed as many times as his crime deserves,
Deut.25.2
If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall make him lie down and have him flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime deserves,
Deut.25.2
then it shall be, if the wicked man deserves to be beaten, that the judge will cause him to lie down and be beaten in his presence, according to his guilt, with a certain number of blows.
Deut.25.2
If the person in the wrong is sentenced to be flogged, the judge will command him to lie down and be beaten in his presence with the number of lashes appropriate to the crime.
Deut.25.3
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.
Deut.25.3
but not more than forty. If you hit him more than forty times, you will degrade him to something less than human.
Deut.25.3
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.
Deut.25.3
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.
Deut.25.3
No more than forty lashes may ever be given; more than forty lashes would publicly humiliate your neighbor.
Deut.25.4
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
Deut.25.4
Don't muzzle an ox while it is threshing.
Deut.25.4
Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
Deut.25.4
"You shall not muzzle an ox while it treads out the grain.
Deut.25.4
"Do not keep an ox from eating as it treads out the grain.
Deut.25.5
If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
Deut.25.5
When brothers are living together and one of them dies without having had a son, the widow of the dead brother shall not marry a stranger from outside the family; her husband's brother is to come to her and marry her and do the brother-in-law's duty by her.
Deut.25.5
If brothers are living together and one of them dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband's brother shall take her and marry her and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to her.
Deut.25.5
"If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the widow of the dead man shall not be married to a stranger outside the family; her husband's brother shall go in to her, take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
Deut.25.5
"If two brothers are living together on the same property and one of them dies without a son, his widow must not marry outside the family. Instead, her husband's brother must marry her and fulfill the duties of a brother-in-law.
Deut.25.6
And it shall be, that the firstborn which she beareth shall succeed in the name of his brother which is dead, that his name be not put out of Israel.
Deut.25.6
The first son that she bears shall be named after her dead husband so his name won't die out in Israel.
Deut.25.6
The first son she bears shall carry on the name of the dead brother so that his name will not be blotted out from Israel.
Deut.25.6
And it shall be that the firstborn son which she bears will succeed to the name of his dead brother, that his name may not be blotted out of Israel.
Deut.25.6
The first son she bears to him will be counted as the son of the dead brother, so that his name will not be forgotten in Israel.
Deut.25.7
And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate unto the elders, and say, My husband's brother refuseth to raise up unto his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.
Deut.25.7
But if the brother doesn't want to marry his sister-in-law, she is to go to the leaders at the city gate and say, "My brother-in-law refuses to keep his brother's name alive in Israel; he won't agree to do the brother-in-law's duty by me."
Deut.25.7
However, if a man does not want to marry his brother's wife, she shall go to the elders at the town gate and say, "My husband's brother refuses to carry on his brother's name in Israel. He will not fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law to me."
Deut.25.7
But if the man does not want to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, "My husband's brother refuses to raise up a name to his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.'
Deut.25.7
But if the dead man's brother refuses to marry the widow, she must go to the town gate and say to the leaders there, `My husband's brother refuses to preserve his brother's name in Israel--he refuses to marry me.'
Deut.25.8
Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;
Deut.25.8
Then the leaders will call for the brother and confront him. If he stands there defiant and says, "I don't want her,"
Deut.25.8
Then the elders of his town shall summon him and talk to him. If he persists in saying, "I do not want to marry her,"
Deut.25.8
Then the elders of his city shall call him and speak to him. But if he stands firm and says, "I do not want to take her,'
Deut.25.8
The leaders of the town will then summon him and try to reason with him. If he still insists that he doesn't want to marry her,
Deut.25.9
Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house.
Deut.25.9
his sister-in-law is to pull his sandal off his foot, spit in his face, and say, "This is what happens to the man who refuses to build up the family of his brother
Deut.25.9
his brother's widow shall go up to him in the presence of the elders, take off one of his sandals, spit in his face and say, "This is what is done to the man who will not build up his brother's family line."
Deut.25.9
then his brother's wife shall come to him in the presence of the elders, remove his sandal from his foot, spit in his face, and answer and say, "So shall it be done to the man who will not build up his brother's house.'
Deut.25.9
the widow must walk over to him in the presence of the leaders, pull his sandal from his foot, and spit in his face. She will then say, `This is what happens to a man who refuses to raise up a son for his brother.'
Deut.25.10
And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
Deut.25.10
-his name in Israel will be Family-No-Sandal."
Deut.25.10
That man's line shall be known in Israel as The Family of the Unsandaled.
Deut.25.10
And his name shall be called in Israel, "The house of him who had his sandal removed.'
Deut.25.10
Ever afterward his family will be referred to as `the family of the man whose sandal was pulled off'!
Deut.25.11
When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:
Deut.25.11
When two men are in a fight and the wife of the one man, trying to rescue her husband, grabs the genitals of the man hitting him,
Deut.25.11
If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts,
Deut.25.11
"If two men fight together, and the wife of one draws near to rescue her husband from the hand of the one attacking him, and puts out her hand and seizes him by the genitals,
Deut.25.11
"If two Israelite men are fighting and the wife of one tries to rescue her husband by grabbing the testicles of the other man,
Deut.25.12
Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
Deut.25.12
you are to cut off her hand. Show no pity.
Deut.25.12
you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity.
Deut.25.12
then you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall not pity her.
Deut.25.12
her hand must be cut off without pity.
Deut.25.13
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Deut.25.13
Don't carry around with you two weights, one heavy and the other light,
Deut.25.13
Do not have two differing weights in your bag-one heavy, one light.
Deut.25.13
"You shall not have in your bag differing weights, a heavy and a light.
Deut.25.13
"You must use accurate scales when you weigh out merchandise,
Deut.25.14
Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
Deut.25.14
and don't keep two measures at hand, one large and the other small.
Deut.25.14
Do not have two differing measures in your house-one large, one small.
Deut.25.14
You shall not have in your house differing measures, a large and a small.
Deut.25.14
and you must use full and honest measures.
Deut.25.15
But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
Deut.25.15
Use only one weight, a true and honest weight, and one measure, a true and honest measure, so that you will live a long time on the land that GOD, your God, is giving you.
Deut.25.15
You must have accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Deut.25.15
You shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure, that your days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD your God is giving you.
Deut.25.15
Yes, use honest weights and measures, so that you will enjoy a long life in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Deut.25.16
For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
Deut.25.16
Dishonest weights and measures are an abomination to GOD, your God--all this corruption in business deals!
Deut.25.16
For the LORD your God detests anyone who does these things, anyone who deals dishonestly.
Deut.25.16
For all who do such things, all who behave unrighteously, are an abomination to the LORD your God.
Deut.25.16
Those who cheat with dishonest weights and measures are detestable to the LORD your God.
Deut.25.17
Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
Deut.25.17
Don't forget what Amalek did to you on the road after you left Egypt,
Deut.25.17
Remember what the Amalekites did to you along the way when you came out of Egypt.
Deut.25.17
"Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt,
Deut.25.17
"Never forget what the Amalekites did to you as you came from Egypt.
Deut.25.18
How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
Deut.25.18
how he attacked you when you were tired, barely able to put one foot in front of another, mercilessly cut off your stragglers, and had no regard for God.
Deut.25.18
When you were weary and worn out, they met you on your journey and cut off all who were lagging behind; they had no fear of God.
Deut.25.18
how he met you on the way and attacked your rear ranks, all the stragglers at your rear, when you were tired and weary; and he did not fear God.
Deut.25.18
They attacked you when you were exhausted and weary, and they struck down those who were lagging behind. They had no fear of God.
Deut.25.19
Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.
Deut.25.19
When GOD, your God, gives you rest from all the enemies that surround you in the inheritance-land GOD, your God, is giving you to possess, you are to wipe the name of Amalek from off the Earth. Don't forget!
Deut.25.19
When the LORD your God gives you rest from all the enemies around you in the land he is giving you to possess as an inheritance, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!
Deut.25.19
Therefore it shall be, when the LORD your God has given you rest from your enemies all around, in the land which the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, that you will blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. You shall not forget.
Deut.25.19
Therefore, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies in the land he is giving you as a special possession, you are to destroy the Amalekites and erase their memory from under heaven. Never forget this!
