Deuteronomy 25:12

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

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11If men strive together, a man and his brother, and the wife of one (of them) come nigh to save her husband from the hand of him who smiteth him, and put forth her hand and seize the place of his shame,

13Thou shalt not have in thy bag weight and weight, great and small.

Read all of Deuteronomy 25

Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:2and shall deliver them up before thee; then thou shalt smite and utterly consume them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy upon them.

Deuteronomy 19:13Thine eye shall not have pity upon him, and thou shalt do away with the shedding of innocent blood from Israel, that it may be well with thee.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 25:6-13

Marriage of a Brother's Wife. ( b. c. 1451.) 5 If 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 a husband's brother unto her. 6 And 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. 7 And if the man like not to take his brother's wife, then let… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Deuteronomy 25:12