Passage

Deuteronomy 19.16-21

Book: Deuteronomy · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"14. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee to possess it. 15. One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established."

"16. If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing, 17. then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days; 18. and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother; 19. then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. 20. And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee. 21. And thine eyes shall not pity; life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot." (Deuteronomy 19:14-21, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"14. You shall not remove your neighbor’s landmark, which they of old time have set, in your inheritance which you shall inherit, in the land that Yahweh your God gives you to possess. 15. One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sins. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall a matter be established."

"16. If an unrighteous witness rises up against any man to testify against him of wrongdoing, 17. then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days; 18. and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother; 19. then you shall do to him as he had thought to do to his brother. So you shall remove the evil from among you. 20. Those who remain shall hear, and fear, and will never again commit any such evil among you. 21. Your eyes shall not pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot." (Deuteronomy 19:14-21, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"14. Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it. 15. One witness shall not rise up against a man for any iniquity, or for any sin, in any sin that he sinneth: at the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established."

"16. If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; ^{that: or, falling away} 17. Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; 18. And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; 19. Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. 20. And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. 21. And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot." (Deuteronomy 19:14-21, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"14. 'Thou dost not remove a border of thy neighbour, which they of former times have made, in thine inheritance, which thou dost inherit in the land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee to possess it. 15. 'One witness doth not rise against a man for any iniquity, and for any sin, in any sin which he sinneth; by the mouth of two witnesses, or by the mouth of three witnesses, is a thing established."

"16. 'When a violent witness doth rise against a man, to testify against him apostasy, 17. then have both the men who have the strife stood before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who are in those days, 18. and the judges have searched diligently, and lo, the witness [is] a false witness, a falsehood he hath testified against his brother: 19. 'Then ye have done to him as he devised to do to his brother, and thou hast put away the evil thing out of thy midst, 20. and those who are left do hear and fear, and add not to do any more according to this evil thing in thy midst; 21. and thine eye doth not pity, life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot." (Deuteronomy 19:14-21, YLT)

Setting

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Theological reading

Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.

Key words

Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.

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Quoted in

Mosaic Capital Punishment

Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

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