16If a malicious witness takes the stand to accuse a man of a crime,


In Context

13 Show him no pity. You must purge from Israel the guilt of shedding innocent blood, so that it may go well with you.

14 Do not move your neighbor's boundary stone set up by your predecessors in the inheritance you receive in the land the Lord your God is giving you to possess.

15 One witness is not enough to convict a man accused of any crime or offense he may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

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

17 the two men involved in the dispute must stand in the presence of the Lord before the priests and the judges who are in office at the time.

18 The judges must make a thorough investigation, and if the witness proves to be a liar, giving false testimony against his brother,

Deuteronomy 19:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:16If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him [that which is] wrong;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:16If a lying witness stand against a man, accusing him of transgression,

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:16If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing,

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:16If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of an offence;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:16If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:16If a false witness shall rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:16If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

19:16'When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostasy,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:16If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;