Tree of Life Version
Deuteronomy 19:16
16Suppose a hostile witness rises up against someone to accuse him 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,
- 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 must not move your neighbor’s boundary marker that the first generations marked out, in the inheritance you will receive in the land Adonai your God is giving you to possess. 15A single witness shall not rise up against a person for any offense or sin that he commits. By the word of two or three witnesses is a case to be established. Suppose a hostile witness rises up against someone to accuse him of wrongdoing. 17Then both people who have the dispute will stand before Adonai, before the kohanim and judges in charge at that time. 18The judges are to investigate thoroughly, and if indeed the witness is a false witness and has testified falsely against his brother,
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“Do not to spread a false report. Do not join hands with the wicked by becoming a malicious witness.
- 1 Kings 21:10Then seat two sons of Belial before him, and let 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 foes. For false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence.
- Psalms 35:11Violent witnesses rise up. They question me about things I know nothing about.
- Mark 14:55Now the ruling kohanim and all the Sanhedrin kept trying to get evidence against Yeshua so they could put Him to death, but they weren’t finding any.
- Acts 6:13They set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking words against this holy place and the Torah.
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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