Deuteronomy 19:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

If a malicious witness comes forward to accuse someone of wrongdoing,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

If a false witness rises up against any man to accuse him of wrongdoing,

American Standard Version (1901)

If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing,

Common English Bible

Now if a spiteful witness comes forward against someone, so as to testify against them falsely,

Catholic Public Domain Version

If a lying witness will have stood against a man, accusing him of a transgression,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

If a lying witness stand against a man, accusing him of transgression:

Deuteronomy 19:16 Cross References

Psalm 27:12

Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries, for false witnesses have risen against me, and they are breathing out violence.

Psalm 35:11

Malicious witnesses rise up; they ask me about things I do not know.

Proverbs 14:5

A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will not escape.

Acts 6:13

They set up false witnesses who said, “This man never stops saying things against this holy place and the law,

Deuteronomy 5:20

“ ‘Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor.