Exodus 20:16
ContextNET © | “You shall not give 1 false testimony 2 against your neighbor. |
NIV © | "You shall not give false testimony against your neighbour. |
NASB © | "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. |
NLT © | "Do not testify falsely against your neighbor. |
MSG © | No lies about your neighbor. |
BBE © | Do not give false witness against your neighbour. |
NRSV © | You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. |
NKJV © | "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. |
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NET © [draft] ITL | |
NET © | “You shall not give 1 false testimony 2 against your neighbor. |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “answer” as in a court of law. 2 tn The expression עֵד שָׁקֶר (’ed shaqer) means “a lying witness” (B. S. Childs, Exodus [OTL], 388). In this verse the noun is an adverbial accusative, “you will not answer as a lying witness.” The prohibition is against perjury. While the precise reference would be to legal proceedings, the law probably had a broader application to lying about other people in general (see Lev 5:1; Hos 4:2). |