Deuteronomy 25
- 1If there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, that the judges may judge them. Then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
- 2And 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 number.
- 3Forty lashes he may give him, and not exceed: so that not, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many lashes, then your brother should seem vile to you.
- 4You shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.
- 5If brothers live together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry a man outside the family. Her husband's brother shall sleep with her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
- 6And it shall be, that the firstborn which she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name is not put out of Israel.
- 7And 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 to his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.
- 8Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him: and if he stand to it, and say, I do not want to take her.
- 9Then shall his brother's wife come to 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 it shall be done to that man that will not build up his brother's house.
- 10And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him who has his sandal pulled off.
- 11When men fight one with another, and the wife of the one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts out her hand, and takes him by the secrets:
- 12Then you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall not pity her.
- 13You shall not have in your bag various weights, a great and a small.
- 14You shall not have in your house various measures, a great and a small.
- 15But you shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shall you have: that your days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
- 16For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are something the Lord your God hates.
- 17Remember what Amalek did to you by the way, when you had come out of Egypt.
- 18How he met you by the way, and struck the last of you, even all that were weak behind you, when you were faint and weary. He did not fear God.
- 19Therefore it shall be, when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. You shall not forget it.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Deuteronomy 25 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVIf 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.
GIGAKJVIf there is a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, that the judges may judge them. Then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd 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 number.
KJVForty 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.
GIGAKJVForty lashes he may give him, and not exceed: so that not, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many lashes, then your brother should seem vile to you.
KJVThou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the corn.
GIGAKJVYou shall not muzzle the ox when he treads out the grain.
KJVIf 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.
GIGAKJVIf brothers live together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry a man outside the family. Her husband's brother shall sleep with her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd it shall be, that the firstborn which she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name is not put out of Israel.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd 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 to his brother a name in Israel, he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.
KJVThen 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;
GIGAKJVThen the elders of his city shall call him, and speak to him: and if he stand to it, and say, I do not want to take her.
KJVThen 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.
GIGAKJVThen shall his brother's wife come to 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 it shall be done to that man that will not build up his brother's house.
KJVAnd his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
GIGAKJVAnd his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him who has his sandal pulled off.
KJVWhen 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:
GIGAKJVWhen men fight one with another, and the wife of the one draws near to deliver her husband out of the hand of him who strikes him, and puts out her hand, and takes him by the secrets:
KJVThen thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
GIGAKJVThen you shall cut off her hand, your eye shall not pity her.
KJVThou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small.
GIGAKJVYou shall not have in your bag various weights, a great and a small.
KJVThou shalt not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small.
GIGAKJVYou shall not have in your house various measures, a great and a small.
KJVBut 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.
GIGAKJVBut you shall have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shall you have: that your days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord your God gives you.
KJVFor all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the Lord thy God.
GIGAKJVFor all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are something the Lord your God hates.
KJVRemember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
GIGAKJVRemember what Amalek did to you by the way, when you had come out of Egypt.
KJVHow 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.
GIGAKJVHow he met you by the way, and struck the last of you, even all that were weak behind you, when you were faint and weary. He did not fear God.
KJVTherefore 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.
GIGAKJVTherefore it shall be, when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which the Lord your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. You shall not forget it.
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