God’s Word Translation
Deuteronomy 19:16
16This is what you must do whenever a witness takes the stand to accuse a person falsely of a crime.
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
14Never move your neighbor’s original boundary marker on any property in the land that the Lord your God is giving you. 15One witness is never enough to convict someone of a crime, offense, or sin he may have committed. Cases must be settled based on the testimony of two or three witnesses. This is what you must do whenever a witness takes the stand to accuse a person falsely of a crime. 17The two people involved must stand in the Lord’s presence, in front of the priests and judges who are serving at that time. 18The judges must make a thorough investigation. If it is found that the witness lied when he testified against the other Israelite,
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⌞The Lord continued,⌟ “Never spread false rumors. Don’t join forces with wicked people by giving false testimony.
- 1 Kings 21:10Have two good-for-nothing men sit opposite him and accuse him of cursing God and the king. Then stone him to death outside the city.”
- Psalms 27:12Do not surrender me to the will of my opponents. False witnesses have risen against me. They breathe out violence.
- Psalms 35:11Malicious people bring charges against me. They ask me things I know nothing about.
- Mark 14:55The chief priests and the whole Jewish council were searching for some testimony against Jesus in order to execute him. But they couldn’t find any.
- Acts 6:13Some witnesses stood up and lied about Stephen. They said, “This man never stops saying bad things about the holy place and Moses’ Teachings.
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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