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Deuteronomy 19:20
20And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in thy midst.
Deuteronomy 19:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
- New International Version (NIV)The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and never again will such an evil thing be done among you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the rest shall hear and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And those who remain shall hear and fear, and hereafter they shall not again commit such evil among you.
Context of Deuteronomy 19:20
18and the judges shall make thorough inquiry; and if the witness be a false witness, and he have testified falsely against his brother, 19then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his brother; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst. And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in thy midst. 21And thine eye shall not spare: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
Read all of Deuteronomy 19Deuteronomy 19:20 word by word
וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֖ים יִשְׁמְע֣וּ וְיִרָ֑אוּ וְלֹֽא־יֹסִ֨פוּ לַעֲשׂ֜וֹת ע֗וֹד כַּדָּבָ֥ר הָרָ֛ע הַזֶּ֖ה בְּקִרְבֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 19:20
- Deuteronomy 13:11and all Israel shall hear, and fear, and shall do no more any such wicked thing as this in thy midst.
- Deuteronomy 17:7The hands of the witnesses shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hands of all the people; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst.
- Deuteronomy 21:21And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die. And thou shalt put evil away from thy midst; and all Israel shall hear and fear.
- Proverbs 21:11When the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise; and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge.
- Romans 13:3For rulers are not a terror to a good work, but to an evil [one]. Dost thou desire then not to be afraid of the authority? practise [what is] good, and thou shalt have praise from it;
- 1 Timothy 5:20Those that sin convict before all, that the rest also may have fear.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 19:20
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19-21Verses 19-21 See the marginal references.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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