Exodus 23:7
5 If thou see the ass of him that hateth thee lying under his burden, and wouldest forbear to help him, thou shalt surely help with him.
6 Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
9 Also thou shalt not oppress a stranger: for ye know the heart of a stranger, seeing ye were strangers in the land of Egypt.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent or the just, for I will not acquit the guilty.
- KJV
- Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
- WEB
- “Keep far from a false charge, and don’t kill the innocent and righteous; for I will not justify the wicked.
- ASV
- Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.
- DARBY
- Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.
- BLB
- From a false matter you shall keep far, and the innocent and righteous you shall not kill, for I will not justify the wicked.
- ÅB
- Du skal holde deg langt borte fra en falsk sak og ikke hjelpe til at den uskyldige og rettferdige mister livet; for jeg dømmer ikke en skyldig å være uskyldig.
- OTB
- Unngå enhver falsk anklage, og gjør ikke skade på den uskyldige eller den rettferdige, for jeg vil ikke erklære den skyldige som uskyldig.
- B1930
- Du skal holde dig langt borte fra en falsk sak og ikke hjelpe til at den uskyldige og rettferdige mister livet; for jeg dømmer ikke en skyldig å være uskyldig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ephesians 4:25
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Read in contextExodus 23:1
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 27:25
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:22
Abstain from all appearance of evil.
Read in contextRomans 1:18
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Read in contextExodus 34:7
Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children’s children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.
Read in contextLeviticus 19:11
Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 19:16–21
If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
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