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Deuteronomy 19:18 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 19 · verse 18
And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;Deuteronomy 19:18 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 19:18 in context
16If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong;
17Then 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;
18And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
19Then 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.
20And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- inquisitiondârashproperly, to tread or frequentH1875 →
- testifiedʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- diligentyâṭabto be make well, literally or figurativelyH3190 →
- witnessʻêdconcretely, a witnessH5707 →
- judgesshâphaṭto judgeH8199 →
- falsesheqeran untruthH8267 →
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Here is a statute for the preventing of frauds and perjuries; for the divine law takes care of men's rights and properties, and has made a hedge about them. Such a friend is it to human society and men's civil interest. I. A law against frauds, Deu 19:14. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-21