Deuteronomy 19:18
And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
KJV
Cumque diligentissime perscrutantes, invenerint falsum testem dixisse contra fratrem suum mendacium,
Vulgate
καὶ ἐξετάσωσιν οἱ κριταὶ ἀκριβῶς, καὶ ἰδοὺ μάρτυς ἄδικος ἐμαρτύρησεν ἄδικα, ἀντέστη κατὰ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ·
LXX
and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother;
ASV
וְ/דָרְשׁ֥וּ הַ/שֹּׁפְטִ֖ים הֵיטֵ֑ב וְ/הִנֵּ֤ה עֵֽד שֶׁ֨קֶר֙ הָ/עֵ֔ד שֶׁ֖קֶר עָנָ֥ה בְ/אָחִֽי/ו
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Tim 5:19 — Against an elder receive not an accusation, but before two or three witnesses.
- Dan 6:24 — And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and
- Deut 13:14 — Then shalt thou enquire, and make search, and ask diligently; and, behold, if it be truth, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought among you;
- Deut 17:4 — And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel:
- Deut 17:4 — And it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel: