Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

New American Standard Bible

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

King James Version

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

Holman Bible

Do not give false testimony against your neighbor.

International Standard Version

"You are not to give false testimony against your neighbor.

A Conservative Version

Thou shall not bear FALSE witness against thy neighbor.

American Standard Version

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

Amplified

“You shall not testify falsely [that is, lie, withhold, or manipulate the truth] against your neighbor (any person).

Bible in Basic English

Do not give false witness against your neighbour.

Julia Smith Translation

Thou shalt not testify against thy friend for falsehood.

King James 2000

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"You shall not testify against your neighbor [with] a false witness.

Modern King James verseion

You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Thou shalt bear no false witness against thy neighbor.

NET Bible

"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

New Heart English Bible

"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

The Emphasized Bible

Thou shalt not testify against thy neighbour, with a witness of falsehood.

Webster

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

World English Bible

"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

Youngs Literal Translation

'Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour a false testimony.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Thou shalt not bear
ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 329

שׁקר 
Sheqer 
Usage: 113

עד 
`ed 
Usage: 69

Context Readings

The Ten Commandments

15 Thou shalt not steal. 16 Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 17 Thou shalt not desire thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not desire thy neighbour's wife, nor his bondman, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour's.


Cross References

Matthew 19:18

He says to him, Which? And Jesus said, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

Exodus 23:1

Thou shalt not accept a false report; extend not thy hand to the wicked, to be an unrighteous witness.

Psalm 15:3

He that slandereth not with his tongue, doeth not evil to his companion, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour;

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

Matthew 26:59-60

And the chief priests and the elders and the whole sanhedrim sought false witness against Jesus, so that they might put him to death.

Exodus 23:6-7

Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

Leviticus 19:11

Ye shall not steal, and ye shall not deal falsely, and ye shall not lie one to another.

Leviticus 19:16

Thou shalt not go about as a talebearer among thy people; thou shalt not stand up against the life of thy neighbour: I am Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 19:15-21

One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established.

1 Samuel 22:8-19

that all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that informs me when my son has made a covenant with the son of Jesse; and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant as a lier-in-wait against me, as at this day?

1 Kings 21:10-13

and set two men, sons of Belial, before him, and they shall bear witness against him saying, Thou didst curse God and the king; and carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.

Psalm 101:5-7

Whoso secretly slandereth his neighbour, him will I destroy; him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

Proverbs 10:18

He that covereth hatred hath lying lips, and he that sendeth forth a slander is a fool.

Proverbs 11:13

He that goeth about talebearing revealeth secrets; but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

Acts 6:13

And they set false witnesses, saying, This man does not cease speaking words against the holy place and the law;

Ephesians 4:31

Let all bitterness, and heat of passion, and wrath, and clamour, and injurious language, be removed from you, with all malice;

1 Timothy 1:10

fornicators, sodomites, kidnappers, liars, perjurers; and if any other thing is opposed to sound teaching,

2 Timothy 3:3

without natural affection, implacable, slanderers, of unsubdued passions, savage, having no love for what is good,

James 4:11

Speak not against one another, brethren. He that speaks against his brother, or judges his brother, speaks against the law and judges the law. But if thou judgest the law, thou art not doer of the law, but judge.

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