Deuteronomy 19:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and the judges shall make a thorough inquiry. If the witness is a false witness, having testified falsely against another,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

The judges shall inquire diligently, and if the witness is a false witness and has accused his brother falsely,

American Standard Version (1901)

and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother;

Common English Bible

The judges will look into the situation very carefully. If it turns out that the witness is a liar—that the witness has given false testimony against his fellow Israelite—

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when, after a very diligent examination, they will have found that the false witness had told a lie against his brother,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And when after most diligent inquisition they shall find that the false witness hath told a lie against his brother:

Deuteronomy 19:18 Cross References

Job 19:16

I call to my servant, but he gives me no answer; I must myself plead with him.

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.

Daniel 6:24

The king gave a command, and those who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives. Before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.

Deuteronomy 13:14

then you shall inquire and make a thorough investigation. If the charge is established that such an abhorrent thing has been done among you,

Deuteronomy 17:4

and if it is reported to you or you hear of it, and you make a thorough inquiry, and the charge is proved true that such an abhorrent thing has occurred in Israel,

Deuteronomy 25:1

“Suppose two persons have a dispute and enter into litigation, and the judges decide between them, declaring one to be in the right and the other to be in the wrong.