English Standard Version
Deuteronomy 19:16
16If a malicious witness arises to accuse a person 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,
- New King James Version (NKJV)If a false witness rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,
- New Living Translation (NLT)“If a malicious witness comes forward and accuses someone of a crime,
Context of Deuteronomy 19:16
14"You shall not move your neighbor's landmark, which the men of old have set, in the inheritance that you will hold in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess. 15"A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established. If a malicious witness arises to accuse a person of wrongdoing, 17then both parties to the dispute shall appear before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who are in office in those days. 18The judges shall inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and 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 spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.
- 1 Kings 21:10And set two worthless men opposite him, and let them bring a charge against him, saying, 'You have cursed God and the king.' Then take him out and stone him to death."
- Psalms 27:12Give me not up to the will of my adversaries; for false witnesses have risen against me, and 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 whole council were seeking testimony against Jesus to put him to death, but they found none.
- Acts 6:13and they set up false witnesses who said, "This man never ceases to speak words against this holy place and the law,
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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