Deuteronomy 19:16
If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
Deuteronomy 19:16 in other translations
| BSB | If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime, |
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| WEB | If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing, |
| ASV | If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing, |
| YLT | ‘When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostasy, |
| DARBY | If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of an offence; |
| BBE | If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong, |
| Webster | If a false witness shall rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; |
What does Deuteronomy 19:16 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 19:16-21
De 19:16-21. Punishment of a False Witness.
16-21. 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).Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 19:15-21
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…
Deuteronomy 19:16 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 19:16
- Psalms 27:12
Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
- Psalms 35:11
False witnesses did rise up; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.
- Exodus 23:1-7
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause. If thou meet thine enemy’s ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again. …
- 1 Kings 21:10-13
And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die. And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants in his city, did as Jezebel had sent unto them, and as it was written in the letters which she had sent unto them. They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
- Acts 6:13
And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
- Mark 14:55-59
And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death; and found none. For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. …
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Ex 23:1-7; 1Ki 21:10-13; Ps 27:12; 35:11; Mr 14:55-59; Ac 6:13
that which is wrong. or, falling away.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 19:15
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established.
- Deuteronomy 19:16
If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
- Deuteronomy 19:17
Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days;
Deuteronomy 19:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuando se levantare testigo falso contra alguno, para testificar contra él rebelión, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Quand un témoin inique s’élèvera contre un homme, pour témoigner contre lui d’un crime, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn ein ungerechter Zeuge wider jemand auftritt, um ein Vergehen wider ihn zu bezeugen, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Si steterit testis mendax contra hominem, accusans eum prævaricationis, |