Deuteronomy 25:12

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

Then you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall not pity her.

American King James Version (AKJV)

Then you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall not pity her.

American Standard Version (ASV)

then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

Her hand is to be cut off; have no pity on her.

Webster's Revision

Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thy eye shall not pity her.

World English Bible

then you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall have no pity.

English Revised Version (ERV)

then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall have no pity.

Barnes's Deuteronomy 25:12 Bible Commentary

This is the only mutilation prescribed by the Law of Moses, unless we except the retaliation prescribed as a punishment for the infliction on another of bodily injuries Leviticus 24:19-20. The act in question was probably not rare in the times and countries for which the Law of Moses was designed. It is of course to be understood that the act was willful, and that the prescribed punishment would be inflicted according to the sentence of the judges.