Deuteronomy 5:20 — Compare 3 English translations

Deuteronomy 5:20 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →

וְלֹֽא lôʼ H3808 not תַעֲנֶ֥ה ʻânâh H6030 to answer בְרֵֽעֲךָ֖ rêaʻ H7453 friend עֵ֥ד ʻêd H5707 witness שָֽׁוְא shâvᵉʼ H7723 vanity

Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.

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World English Bible Public Domain

"Neither shall you give false testimony against your neighbor.
King James Version Public Domain

Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbor.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0

And do not testify against your neighbor false testimony.

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Deuteronomy 5:20 — compare English translations

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