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Deuteronomy 19:18
18The judges must be careful to discover who is telling the truth. The person may be speaking lies against another Israelite to accuse him.
Deuteronomy 19:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
- New International Version (NIV)The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against a fellow Israelite,
- English Standard Version (ESV)The judges shall inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely,
- New King James Version (NKJV)And the judges shall make careful inquiry, and indeed, if the witness is a false witness, who has testified falsely against his brother,
Context of Deuteronomy 19:18
16Somebody may accuse another person because he wants to hurt him. He tells lies against him. 17Then 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. The 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. 20Then everyone else will hear what has happened. They will be afraid to do any more evil things like that.
Read all of Deuteronomy 19Deuteronomy 19:18 word by word
וְדָרְשׁ֥וּ הַשֹּׁפְטִ֖ים הֵיטֵ֑ב וְהִנֵּ֤ה עֵֽד־שֶׁ֙קֶר֙ הָעֵ֔ד שֶׁ֖קֶר עָנָ֥ה בְאָחִֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 19:18
- Deuteronomy 13:14Then you must check carefully that the news is true. You must discover whether people really have done this wicked thing in one of your towns.
- Deuteronomy 17:4If you hear news like that, you must check the report carefully. If it is true that a wicked thing like that has happened in Israel,
- 2 Chronicles 19:6He said to them, ‘Be careful how you do your job. Remember that you are not being a judge to please men. You are doing it to please the Lord. He will help you to decide what is right.
- Job 19:16I tell my servant to come to me but he does not come. I ask him to help me, but he does nothing.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 19:18
- 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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