Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
'Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Holman Bible
International Standard Version
""You are not to give false testimony against your neighbor.
A Conservative Version
Neither shall thou bear FALSE witness against thy neighbor.
American Standard Version
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.
Amplified
‘You shall not give false testimony [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;
Darby Translation
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Julia Smith Translation
And thou shalt not speak false testimony against thy friend:
King James 2000
Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor.
Lexham Expanded Bible
'And you shall not falsely bear evidence against your neighbor.
Modern King James verseion
And you shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
NET Bible
You must not offer false testimony against another.
New Heart English Bible
"And you shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
The Emphasized Bible
Neither shalt thou testify against thy neighbour with a witness of falsehood:
Webster
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.
World English Bible
"Neither shall you give false testimony against your neighbor.
Youngs Literal Translation
Thou dost not answer against thy neighbour -- a false testimony.
Themes
Commandment » The ten commandments
Decalogue » Divine authority of
Slander » Includes » Bearing false witness
Topics
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 5:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
Basic Stipulations
19 'Thou shalt not steal. 20 'Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour. 21 'Thou shalt not lust after thy neighbour's wife: thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, field, servant, maid, ox, ass nor ought that is thy neighbour's.'
Cross References
Exodus 20:16
"Thou shalt bear no false witness against thy neighbor.
Exodus 23:1
Thou shalt not accept a vain tale, neither shalt put thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Deuteronomy 19:16-21
If an unrighteous witness rise up against a man to accuse him of trespass:
1 Kings 21:13
and there came in two unthrifty persons and sat before him. And the two unthrifty persons witnessed against Naboth before the people, saying, "Naboth did curse God and the king." And upon that they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones to death.
Proverbs 6:19
a false witness that bringeth up lies, and such one as soweth discord among brethren.
Proverbs 19:5
A false witness shall not remain unpunished; and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Proverbs 19:9
A false witness shall not remain unpunished; and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Malachi 3:5
I will come and punish you, and I myself will be a swift witness against the witches, against the adulterers, against false swearers: yea, and against those that wrongfully keep back the hireling's duty, which vex the widows and the fatherless, and oppress the stranger, and fear not me, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.