Exodus 23:1

In 11 translations

BSB

“You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness.

KJV

Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.raise: or, receive

WEB

“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

ASV

Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

LSV

You do not lift up a vain report; you do not put your hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

YLT

'Thou dost not lift up a vain report; thou dost not put thy hand with a wicked man to be a violent witness.

DBY

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

DRC

Thou shalt not receive the voice of a lie: neither shalt thou join thy hand to bear false witness for a wicked person.

GNV

Thou shalt not receiue a false tale, neyther shalt thou put thine hande with the wicked, to be a false witnes.

JPS

Thou shalt not utter a false report; put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

LXXE

Thou shalt not receive a vain report: thou shalt not agree with the unjust man to become an unjust witness.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

לֹ֥א תִשָּׂ֖א שֵׁ֣מַע שָׁ֑וְא אַל־תָּ֤שֶׁת יָֽדְךָ֙ עִם־רָשָׁ֔ע לִהְיֹ֖ת עֵ֥ד חָמָֽס׃

LXX-Br

Οὐ παραδέξῃ ἀκοὴν ματαίαν· οὐ συγκαταθήσῃ μετὰ τοῦ ἀδίκου γενέσθαι μάρτυς ἄδικος.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
• Proverbs 19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
• Deuteronomy 19:16–21If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime, both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time. The judges shall…
• Exodus 20:16You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
• Matthew 26:59–61Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death. But they did not find any, though many false witnesses came forward. Finally two came forward and…
• Deuteronomy 5:20You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
• Leviticus 19:16You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
• Romans 3:8Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
• Psalms 35:11Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.
• Revelation 12:10And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying: “Now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God, and the authority of His Christ. For the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down— he who accuses…
• Proverbs 19:9A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
• Acts 6:11–13Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.” So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him…
• 2 Timothy 3:3unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
• Proverbs 21:28A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.
• Proverbs 6:19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
• Ephesians 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

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