You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;
Acts 23:21 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Therefore don't yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But do not yield to their persuasion, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush waiting for him, having bound themselves by an oath and under a curse neither to eat nor drink till they have killed him; and even now they are all ready, [just] waiting for your promise. American Standard Version (1901) Do not thou therefore yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, who have bound themselves under a curse, neither to eat nor to drink till they have slain him: and now are they ready, looking for the promise from thee. Common English Bible Don’t fall for it! More than forty of them are waiting to ambush him. They have solemnly promised not to eat or drink until they have killed him. They are ready now, awaiting your consent.” Catholic Public Domain Version But truly, you should not believe them, for they would ambush him with more than forty men from among them, who have bound themselves by an oath neither to eat, nor to drink, until they have put him to death. And they are now prepared, hoping for an affirmation from you." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But do not thou give credit to them; for there lie in wait for him more than forty men of them, who have bound themselves by oath neither to eat, nor to drink, till they have killed him: and they are now ready, looking for a promise from thee. |
You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify in court to side with a multitude to pervert justice;
lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch him in something he might say, that they might accuse him.
serving the Lord with all humility, with many tears, and with trials which happened to me by the plots of the Jews;
So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, *Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.*
asking a favor against him, that he would summon him to Yerushalayim; plotting to kill him on the way.
For I could wish that I myself were accursed from Messiah for my brothers' sake, my relatives according to the flesh,
I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers;