12 you shall cut off her hand. Show her no pity.

Other Translations of Deuteronomy 25:12

King James Version

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

English Standard Version

12 then you shall cut off her hand. Your eye shall have no pity.

The Message

12 you are to cut off her hand. Show no pity.

New King James Version

12 then you shall cut off her hand; your eye shall not pity her.

New Living Translation

12 you must cut off her hand. Show her no pity.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 25:12

Commentary on Deuteronomy 25:5-12

(Read 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.