Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness. New Living Translation “You must not pass along false rumors. You must not cooperate with evil people by lying on the witness stand. English Standard Version “You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. Berean Standard Bible “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness. King James Bible Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. New King James Version “You shall not circulate a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. New American Standard Bible “You shall not give a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked person to be a malicious witness. NASB 1995 “You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. NASB 1977 “You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. Legacy Standard Bible “You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. Amplified Bible “You shall not give a false report; you shall not join hands with the wicked to be a malicious witness [promoting wrong and violence]. Christian Standard Bible “You must not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked to be a malicious witness. Holman Christian Standard Bible You must not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked to be a malicious witness.” American Standard Version Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Aramaic Bible in Plain English You shall not confirm a false report; you shall not stretch your hand with the guilty to be a lying witness for him. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou shalt not receive a vain report: thou shalt not agree with the unjust man to become an unjust witness. Contemporary English Version Don't spread harmful rumors or help a criminal by giving false evidence. Douay-Rheims Bible Thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person. English Revised Version Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. GOD'S WORD® Translation [The LORD continued,] "Never spread false rumors. Don't join forces with wicked people by giving false testimony. Good News Translation "Do not spread false rumors, and do not help a guilty person by giving false testimony. International Standard Version "You are not to spread a false report, nor are you to join forces with the wicked to be a malicious witness. JPS Tanakh 1917 Thou shalt not utter a false report; put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. Literal Standard Version You do not lift up a vain report; you do not put your hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness. Majority Standard Bible “You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness. New American Bible You shall not repeat a false report. Do not join your hand with the wicked to be a witness supporting violence. NET Bible "You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness. New Revised Standard Version You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with the wicked to act as a malicious witness. New Heart English Bible "You shall not spread a false report. Do not join your hand with the wicked to be an unjust witness. Webster's Bible Translation Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. World English Bible “You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness. Young's Literal Translation 'Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Justice and Mercy1“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness. 2You shall not follow the crowd in wrongdoing. When you testify in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd.… Cross References Luke 3:14 Then some soldiers asked him, "And what should we do?" "Do not take money by force or false accusation," he said. "Be content with your wages." John 7:51 "Does our law convict a man without first hearing from him to determine what he has done?" Acts 6:11 Then they prompted some men to say, "We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God." Genesis 39:17 Then she told him the same story: "The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me, Exodus 20:16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Leviticus 19:11 You must not steal. You must not lie or deceive one another. Deuteronomy 5:20 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Treasury of Scripture You shall not raise a false report: put not your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. shalt not Exodus 23:7 Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked. Exodus 20:16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. Leviticus 19:16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD. raise or receive. Deuteronomy 5:20 Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour. Deuteronomy 19:16-21 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; … 1 Kings 21:10-13 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die… Jump to Previous Accept Agreement Bear Evil-Doers Extend Further Hand Hands Help Join Lift Malicious Raise Report Reports Spread Statement Unrighteous Utter Violent Wicked WitnessJump to Next Accept Agreement Bear Evil-Doers Extend Further Hand Hands Help Join Lift Malicious Raise Report Reports Spread Statement Unrighteous Utter Violent Wicked WitnessExodus 23 1. Of slander, false witness, and partiality4. Of charitableness 6. Of justice in judgment 8. Of taking bribes 9. Of oppressing a stranger 10. Of the year of rest 12. Of the Sabbath 13. Of idolatry 14. Of the three feasts 18. Of the blood and the fat of the sacrifice 20. An angel is promised, with a blessing, if they obey him XXIII. (1-19) The "miscellaneous laws" are here continued. From Exodus 23:1 to Exodus 23:9 no kind of sequence in the laws can be traced; from Exodus 23:10 to the first clause of Exodus 23:19 there is, on the contrary, a certain connection, since the laws enunciated are concerned with ceremonial observance. The closing law, however, is not ceremonial, but the prohibition of a practice considered to be cruel. On the whole, it may be said that The Book of the Covenant maintains its unsystematic character to the close. (See Note on Exodus 20:22-26.) . . . Verse 1. - The ninth commandment is here expanded and developed. Thou shalt not raise a false report, forbids the origination of a calumny; the other clause prohibits the joining with others in spreading one. Both clauses have a special reference to bearing witness in a court, but neither would seem to be confined to it.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew You shall notלֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no spread תִשָּׂ֖א (ṯiś·śā) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take a false שָׁ֑וְא (šāw) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 7723: Evil, idolatry, uselessness report. שֵׁ֣מַע (šê·ma‘) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 8088: Something heard, a sound, rumor, announcement, audience Do not אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's 408: Not join תָּ֤שֶׁת (tā·šeṯ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular Strong's 7896: To put, set the wicked רָשָׁ֔ע (rā·šā‘) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7563: Wrong, an, bad person by being לִהְיֹ֖ת (lih·yōṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be a malicious חָמָֽס׃ (ḥā·mās) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2555: Violence, wrong, by meton, unjust gain witness. עֵ֥ד (‘êḏ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5707: A witness, testimony, a recorder, prince Links Exodus 23:1 NIVExodus 23:1 NLT Exodus 23:1 ESV Exodus 23:1 NASB Exodus 23:1 KJV Exodus 23:1 BibleApps.com Exodus 23:1 Biblia Paralela Exodus 23:1 Chinese Bible Exodus 23:1 French Bible Exodus 23:1 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 23:1 You shall not spread a false report (Exo. 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