Deuteronomy 19:16

If a false ¹  witness testifies against another person and accuses him of a crime, ² 

If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse a man of a crime,

"If a malicious witness rises up against a man to accuse him of wrongdoing,

If a malicious witness comes forward and accuses someone of a crime,

If a hostile witness stands to accuse someone of a wrong,

If a false witness makes a statement against a man, saying that he has done wrong,

If a malicious witness comes forward to accuse someone of wrongdoing,

"If a false witness rises against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,

If a false ¹  witness testifies against another person and accuses him of a crime, ² 

¹ tn Heb “violent” (חָמָס, khamas). This is a witness whose motivation from the beginning is to do harm to the accused and who, therefore, resorts to calumny and deceit. See I. Swart and C. VanDam, NIDOTTE 2:177-80.

² tn Or “rebellion.” Rebellion against God’s law is in view (cf. NAB “of a defection from the law”).