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

¹⁶ If a malicious witness comes forward to accuse someone of wrongdoing,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ If a false witness rises up against any man to accuse him of wrongdoing,

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing,

Common English Bible

¹⁶ Now if a spiteful witness comes forward against someone, so as to testify against them falsely,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ If a lying witness will have stood against a man, accusing him of a 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.

Acts 6:13

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

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.

Deuteronomy 5:20

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