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Deuteronomy 19:16
16If a malicious witness rises up against a man to [falsely] accuse him of wrongdoing,
Deuteronomy 19:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
- New International Version (NIV)If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse someone of a crime,
- English Standard Version (ESV)If a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing,
- New King James Version (NKJV)If a false witness rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,
Context of Deuteronomy 19:16
14“You shall not move your neighbor’s boundary mark, which the forefathers [who first divided the territory] have set, in the land which you will inherit in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess. 15“A single witness shall not appear in a trial against a man for any wrong or any sin which he has committed; [only] on the testimony or evidence of two or three witnesses shall a charge be confirmed. If a malicious witness rises up against a man to [falsely] accuse him of wrongdoing, 17then both parties to the controversy shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who will be in office at that time. 18The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness, and he has accused his brother falsely,
Read all of Deuteronomy 19Deuteronomy 19:16 word by word
כִּֽי־יָק֥וּם עֵד־חָמָ֖ס בְּאִ֑ישׁ לַעֲנ֥וֹת בּ֖וֹ סָרָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 19:16
- Exodus 23:1“You shall not give a false report; you shall not join hands with the wicked to be a malicious witness [promoting wrong and violence].
- 1 Kings 21:10and seat two worthless and unprincipled men opposite him, and have them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
- Psalms 27:12Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries, For false witnesses have come against me; They breathe out violence.
- Psalms 35:11Malicious witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I do not know.
- Mark 14:55Now the chief priests and the entire Council (Sanhedrin, Jewish High Court) were trying to obtain testimony against Jesus [which they could use] to have Him [condemned and] executed, but they were not finding any.
- Acts 6:13They presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and the Law [of Moses];
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 19:16
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Testify against him that which is wrong - Margin, more literally, “a falling away.” The word is used Deuteronomy 13:5 to signify apostasy or revolt; here it is no doubt to be understood in the wider sense of any departure from the Law.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-21Verses 15-21 Sentence should never be passed upon the testimony of one witness alone. A false witness should suffer the same punishment which he sought to have inflicted upon the person he accused. Nor could any law be more just. Let all Christians not only be cautious in bearing witness in public, but be careful not to join in private slanders; and let all whose consciences accuse them of crime, without delay flee for refuge to the hope set before them…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2116-21. But if convicted of perjury, it will be sufficient for his own condemnation, and his punishment shall be exactly the same as would have overtaken the object of his malignant prosecution. (See on Ex 21:23; see also Le 24:20).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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