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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 19:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| De 19:16 |
Strong Concordance |
If a false [02555] witness [05707] rise up [06965] against any man [0376] to testify [06030] against him that which is wrong [05627]; |
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King James |
If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
PUNISHMENT OF A FALSE WITNESS. (Deu 19:16-21)
But if convicted of perjury, it will be sufficient for his own condemnation, and his punishment shall be exactly the same as would have overtaken the object of his malignant prosecution. (See on Exo 21:23; see also Lev 24:20). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Testify against him that which is wrong - Margin, more literally, "a falling away." The word is used Deu 13:5 to signify apostasy or revolt; here it is no doubt to be understood in the wider sense of any departure from the Law. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| A safe witness - A single witness, though he speak truth, is not to be accepted for the condemnation of another man, but if he be convicted of false witness, this is sufficient for his own condemnation. |
20 Breach [07667] for breach [07667], eye [05869] for eye [05869], tooth [08127] for tooth [08127]: as he hath caused [05414] a blemish [03971] in a man [0120], so shall it be done [05414] to him again.
23 And if any mischief follow [0611], then thou shalt give [05414] life [05315] for life [05315],
16 If a false [02555] witness [05707] rise up [06965] against any man [0376] to testify [06030] against him that which is wrong [05627];
17 Then both [08147] the men [0582], between whom the controversy [07379] is, shall stand [05975] before [06440] the LORD [03068], before [06440] the priests [03548] and the judges [08199], which shall be in those days [03117];
18 And the judges [08199] shall make diligent [03190] inquisition [01875]: and, behold, if the witness [05707] be a false [08267] witness [05707], and hath testified [06030] falsely [08267] against his brother [0251];
19 Then shall ye do [06213] unto him, as he had thought [02161] to have done [06213] unto his brother [0251]: so shalt thou put [01197] the evil [07451] away [01197] from among [07130] you.
20 And those which remain [07604] shall hear [08085], and fear [03372], and shall henceforth [03254] commit [06213] no more any [01697] such evil [07451] among [07130] you.
21 And thine eye [05869] shall not pity [02347]; but life [05315] shall go for life [05315], eye [05869] for eye [05869], tooth [08127] for tooth [08127], hand [03027] for hand [03027], foot [07272] for foot [07272].
5 And that prophet [05030], or that dreamer [02492] of dreams [02472], shall be put to death [04191]; because he hath spoken [01696] to turn [05627] you away from the LORD [03068] your God [0430], which brought you out [03318] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], and redeemed [06299] you out of the house [01004] of bondage [05650], to thrust [05080] thee out of the way [01870] which the LORD [03068] thy God [0430] commanded [06680] thee to walk in [03212]. So shalt thou put [01197] the evil [07451] away [01197] from the midst [07130] of thee.