Deuteronomy 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:
Deuteronomy 25:11 in other translations
| BSB | If two men are fighting, and the wife of one steps in to rescue her husband from the one striking him, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals, |
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| WEB | When men strive against each other, and the wife of one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts out her hand, and grabs him by his private parts, |
| ASV | When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets; |
| YLT | ‘When men strive together, one with another, and the wife of the one hath drawn near to deliver her husband out of the hand of his smiter, and hath put forth her hand, and laid hold on his secrets, |
| DARBY | When men fight together one with another, and the wife of the one come near to rescue her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and stretch out her hand, and seize him by his secret parts, |
| BBE | If two men are fighting, and the wife of one of them, coming to the help of her husband, takes the other by the private parts; |
| Webster | When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near to deliver her husband from the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets: |
What does Deuteronomy 25:11 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 25:5-12
The custom here regulated seems to have been in the Jewish law in order to keep inheritances distinct; now it is unlawful.
Deuteronomy 25:11 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Deuteronomy 25:10
And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
- Deuteronomy 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:
- Deuteronomy 25:12
Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
Deuteronomy 25:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuando algunos riñeren juntos el uno con el otro, y llegare la mujer del uno para librar á su marido de mano del que le hiriere, y metiere su mano y le trabare de sus vergüenzas; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Si des hommes ont une rixe l’un avec l’autre, et que la femme de l’un s’approche pour délivrer son mari de la main de celui qui le frappe, et qu’elle étende sa main et saisisse celui-ci par les parties honteuses, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn Männer miteinander streiten, ein Mann und sein Bruder, und das Weib des einen eilt herbei, um ihren Mann aus der Hand seines Schlägers zu retten, und streckt ihre Hand aus und ergreift ihn bei seiner Scham: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si habuerint inter se jurgium viri duo, et unus contra alterum rixari cœperit, volensque uxor alterius eruere virum suum de manu fortioris, miseritque manum, et apprehenderit verenda ejus: |