Deuteronomy 19:17

Deuteronomy 19:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
• New International Version (NIV)the two people involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time.
• English Standard Version (ESV)then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then both men in the controversy shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who serve in those days.

Context of Deuteronomy 19:17

15If only one person says that he has seen someone do something wrong, that is not enough. There must be at least two or three people who saw the sin. Then the judge may say that the person is guilty. 16Somebody may accuse another person because he wants to hurt him. He tells lies against him. Then both of them must stand in front of the judges that the Lord has chosen. Those are the priests and the judges who have authority at that time. 18The judges must be careful to discover who is telling the truth. The person may be speaking lies against another Israelite to accuse him. 19If he is telling lies, you must punish him in the same way that he wanted to punish the other Israelite. You must remove evil things like this from among yourselves.

Deuteronomy 19:17 word by word

וְעָמְד֧וּ שְׁנֵֽי־הָאֲנָשִׁ֛ים אֲשֶׁר־לָהֶ֥ם הָרִ֖יב לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה לִפְנֵ֤י הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ וְהַשֹּׁ֣פְטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִהְי֖וּ בַּיָּמִ֥ים הָהֵֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then bothשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• between whom the controversyרִיבrîyb rib · strifeH7379
• shall standעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• the priestsכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• and the judgesשָׁפַטshâphaţ · to judgeH8199
• which shall be in those daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 19:17

• Deuteronomy 17:9You must go to the Levite priests and to the judge who has authority at that time. Ask them to decide what is right and true.
• Deuteronomy 21:5The Levite priests must go there too. The Lord your God has chosen them to serve him and to ask him to bless his people. They also decide as judges what is right.
• Malachi 2:7Priests should help people to know the truth about God. People should ask the priests to teach them, because the Lord Almighty has chosen priests to speak his message.
• Matthew 23:2He said, ‘The teachers of God's Law and the Pharisees have authority to explain the Law of Moses.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 19:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Both the men, between whom the controversy is - Not the accused and the false witness, but the plaintiff and defendant (compare Exodus 23:1) who were summoned before the supreme court held, as provided in Deuteronomy 17, at the sanctuary. The judges acted as God‘s representative; to lie to them was to lie to Him.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

Topics related to Deuteronomy 19:17

• Church
• Evidence
• False Teachers
• Fear of God
• Judge
• Priest
• Slander

In the dictionaries

• Add
• Landmark
• Remove
• Witness
• Atonement, Day of
• Crime; Crimes
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Law in the Old Testament

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