King James Version
Deuteronomy 5:20 in the King James Version says “Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.”
Deuteronomy 5:20 · KJV
Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
Neither shalt thou steal.
Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
These words the LORD spake unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice: and he added no more. And he wrote them in two tables of stone, and delivered them unto me.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“Neither shalt thou bear”
H6030properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e., pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout,
“witness”
H5707concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e., prince
“false”
H7723evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, object
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