King James Version
Deuteronomy 25:12 in the King James Version says “Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.”
Deuteronomy 25:12 · KJV
And his name shall be called in Israel, The house of him that hath his shoe loosed.
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:
Then thou shalt cut off her hand, thine eye shall not pity her.
Thou shalt not have in thy bag divers weights , a great and a small. divers: Heb. a stone and a stone
Thou shalt not have in thine house divers measures , a great and a small. divers: Heb. an ephah and an ephah
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“her hand”
H3709the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“thine eye”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
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