New American Standard Bible 2020
Deuteronomy 19:16
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
14“You shall not displace your neighbor’s boundary marker, which the ancestors have set, in your inheritance which you will inherit in the land that the Lord your God is giving you to possess. 15“A single witness shall not rise up against a person regarding any wrongdoing or any sin that he commits; on the testimony of two or three witnesses a matter shall be confirmed. If a malicious witness rises up against a person to testify against him of wrongdoing, 17then both people who have the dispute shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges who will be in office in those days. 18And the judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness and he has testified against his brother falsely,
Read all of Deuteronomy 19Deuteronomy 19:16 word by word
כִּֽי־יָק֥וּם עֵד־חָמָ֖ס בְּאִ֑ישׁ לַעֲנ֥וֹת בּ֖וֹ סָרָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 19:16
- Exodus 23:1“You shall not give a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked person to be a malicious witness.
- 1 Kings 21:10and seat two worthless men opposite him, and have them testify against him, saying, ‘You cursed God and the king.’ Then take him out and stone him to death.”
- Psalms 27:12Do not turn me over to the desire of my enemies, For false witnesses have risen against me, And the violent witness.
- Psalms 35:11Malicious witnesses rise up; They ask me things that I do not know.
- Mark 14:55Now the chief priests and the entire Council were trying to obtain testimony against Jesus to put Him to death, and they were not finding any.
- Acts 6:13They put forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop speaking 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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