Deuteronomy 25:1

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.

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KJV

King James Version

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

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.

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ASV

American Standard Version

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Deuteronomy 25

¹ If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.

² If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.

³ He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.

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