King James Version
Exodus 23:1 in the King James Version says “Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. raise: or, receive” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. raise: or, receive”
Exodus 23:1 · KJV
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. raise: or, receive
Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: speak: Heb. answer
Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“Thou shalt not raise”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
“report”
H8088something heard, i.e., a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience
“a false”
H7723evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, object
not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
“not thine hand”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“witness”
H5707concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e., prince
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