Exodus 23:1 Parallel Translations

The LORD continued, "Never spread false rumors. Don't join forces with wicked people by giving false testimony.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

Do not let a false statement go further; do not make an agreement with evil-doers to be a false witness.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

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

WBS:

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

WEB:

"You shall not spread a false report. Don't join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious 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.

Exodus 23:1 Cross References

XREF:

Exodus 20:16 "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Leviticus 19:11 'You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

Deuteronomy 5:20 'You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

Deuteronomy 19:16 "If a malicious witness rises up against a man to accuse him of wrongdoing,

Psalm 35:11 Malicious witnesses rise up; They ask me of things that I do not know.

Psalm 101:5 Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy; No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.

Proverbs 10:18 He who conceals hatred has lying lips, And he who spreads slander is a fool.

Proverbs 19:5 A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will not escape.

Acts 6:11 Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

WES:

23:1 Thou shalt not raise, the margin reads, Thou shalt not receive a false report, for sometimes the receiver in this case is as bad as the thief; and a backbiting tongue would not do so much mischief, if it were not countenanced. Sometimes we cannot avoid hearing a false report, but we must not receive it, we must not hear it with pleasure, nor easily give credit to it.

MHC:

23:1-9 In the law of Moses are very plain marks of sound moral feeling, and of true political wisdom. Every thing in it is suited to the desired and avowed object, the worship of one only God, and the separation of Israel from the pagan world. Neither parties, friends, witnesses, nor common opinions, must move us to lessen great faults, to aggravate small ones, excuse offenders, accuse the innocent, or misrepresent any thing.

CONC:

FALSE Agreement Bear Evil-doers Extend Further Hands Join Lift Malicious Raise Report Reports Spread Statement Unrighteous Utter Vain Violent Wicked Witness

Accept Agreement Bear Evil-Doers Extend Further Hand Hands Help Join Lift Malicious Raise Report Reports Spread Statement Unrighteous Utter Violent Wicked Witness

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