Deuteronomy 19:18
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New International Version (©1984)
The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against his brother,

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is a false witness and he has accused his brother falsely,

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
The judges must make a thorough investigation. If it is found that the witness lied when he testified against the other Israelite,

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

American King James Version
And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother;

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

Bible in Basic English
And the judges will have the question looked into with care: and if the witness is seen to be false and to have made a false statement against his brother,

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

Darby Bible Translation
and the judges shall make thorough inquiry; and if the witness be a false witness, and he have testified falsely against his brother,

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

Webster's Bible Translation
And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and behold, if the witness is a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;

World English Bible
and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother;

Young's Literal Translation
and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness is a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother:

Geneva Study Bible

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

19:15-21 Sentence should never be passed upon the testimony of one witness alone. A false witness should suffer the same punishment which he sought to have inflicted upon the person he accused. Nor could any law be more just. Let all Christians not only be cautious in bearing witness in public, but be careful not to join in private slanders; and let all whose consciences accuse them of crime, without delay flee for refuge to the hope set before them in Jesus Christ.


Deuteronomy 25:1 "If there is a dispute between men and they go to court, and the judges decide their case, and they justify the righteous and condemn the wicked, (NASB ©1995)

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

diligent De 13:14 17:4 2Ch 19:6,7 Job 19:16

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