Translations
Forty 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.
Forty stripes he may give him — no more. If more than these are given, your brother will be degraded in your eyes.
He may receive forty lashes, but no more. If he were flogged beyond this, your brother would be humiliated before your eyes.
He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.

