Deuteronomy 19:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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 unto my servant, and he giveth me no answer, Though I entreat him with my mouth.

Psalm 27:12

Deliver me not over unto the will of mine adversaries: For false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.

Daniel 6:24

And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces, or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

Deuteronomy 13:14

then shalt thou inquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in the midst of thee;

Deuteronomy 17:4

and it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, then shalt thou inquire diligently, and, behold, if it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel;

Deuteronomy 25:1

If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgement, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;