Deuteronomy 25:12
Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
Deuteronomy 25:12 in other translations
| BSB | you are to cut off her hand. You must show her no pity. |
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| WEB | then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity. |
| ASV | then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity. |
| YLT | then thou hast cut off her hand, thine eye doth not spare. |
| DARBY | thou shalt cut off her hand; thine eye shall not spare. |
| BBE | Her hand is to be cut off; have no pity on her. |
| Webster | Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thy eye shall not pity her. |
What does Deuteronomy 25:12 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 25:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 25:12
- Deuteronomy 19:13
Thine eye shall not pity him, but thou shalt put away the guilt of innocent blood from Israel, that it may go well with thee.
- Deuteronomy 7:2
And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:
- Deuteronomy 19:21
And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
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Context
- 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 25:13
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
Deuteronomy 25:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | La cortarás entonces la mano, no la perdonará tu ojo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | tu lui couperas la main: ton œil ne l’épargnera point. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | so sollst du ihr die Hand abhauen; dein Auge soll nicht schonen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | abscides manum illius, nec flecteris super eam ulla misericordia. |