Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
At the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses they shall be put to death; they shall not die by the mouth of one witness.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
Holman Bible
The one condemned to die is to be executed on the testimony of two or three witnesses. No one is to be executed on the testimony of a single witness.
International Standard Version
Based on the testimony of two or three witnesses, they must surely die. But they are not to die based on the testimony of one person.
A Conservative Version
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he who is to die be put to death. He shall not be put to death at the mouth of one witness.
American Standard Version
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
Amplified
Bible in Basic English
On the word of two or three witnesses, a man may be given the punishment of death; but he is not to be put to death on the word of one witness.
Darby Translation
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death: he shall not be put to death at the mouth of one witness.
King James 2000
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
Lexham Expanded Bible
{On the evidence of} two or three witnesses {the person shall be put to death}. The person shall not be put to death by the mouth of one witness.
Modern King James verseion
At the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses shall he that is worthy of death be put to death. At the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
At the mouth of two or three witnesses shall he that is worthy of death, die: but at the mouth of one witness he shall not die.
NET Bible
At the testimony of two or three witnesses they must be executed. They cannot be put to death on the testimony of only one witness.
New Heart English Bible
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he who is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
The Emphasized Bible
At the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses, shall he that is to die be put to death, - he shall not be put to death at the mouth of one witness.
Webster
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he that is worthy of death be put to death; but at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
World English Bible
At the mouth of two witnesses, or three witnesses, shall he who is to die be put to death; at the mouth of one witness he shall not be put to death.
Youngs Literal Translation
By the mouth of two witnesses or of three witnesses is he who is dead put to death; he is not put to death by the mouth of one witness;
Themes
Courts » Advocates » Witnesses, two or more needed to convict
Courts of justice » The accused » The evidence of two or more witnesses required in
religious Intolerance » Of idolatrous religions, taught by moses
Moon » Worshipping of » To be punished with death
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » For murder
Punishment » Death penalty » Not done » Less than » Two witnesses
Stars » Punishment for worshipping
Witness » The necessity of more than one witness for anything to be established
Witness » Two necessary to establish a fact
Witness » Required to throw the first stone in executing the sentence
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 17:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
5 And bring thou forth that man or that woman who did this evil word, to thy gates, the man and the woman, and stone them with stones, and they died. 6 At the mouth of two witnesses or three witnesses they shall be put to death; they shall not die by the mouth of one witness. 7 The hand of the witnesses shall be at first upon him to put him to death, and the hand of all the people afterward. And put thou away the evil from the midst of thee.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Numbers 35:30
Every one striking a soul by the mouth of witnesses, he shall slay the slayer: and one witness shall not testify against a soul to die.
Deuteronomy 19:15
One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin which he shall sin; by the mouth of two witnesses or by the mouth of three witnesses the word shall be established.
Matthew 18:16
But if he hear thee not, take with thee yet one or two, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word might stand.
2 Corinthians 13:1
This third I come to you. By mouth of two witnesses, and three, shall every word be established.
1 Timothy 5:19
Against an elder receive not an accusation from without, except from two or three witnesses.
Hebrews 10:28
Any one having rejected Moses' law, without compassion dies by two or three witnesses:
John 8:17-18
And also in your law has it been written, that the testimony of two men is true.