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Leviticus 5:1

The Law of Guilt Offerings

1 ‘Now if a person sins after he hears a 1public aadjuration to testify when he is a witness, whether he has seen or otherwise known, if he does not tell it, then he will bear his 2guilt.

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Leviticus 5:1 — The New International Version (NIV)

“ ‘If anyone sins because they do not speak up when they hear a public charge to testify regarding something they have seen or learned about, they will be held responsible.

Leviticus 5:1 — English Standard Version (ESV)

“If anyone sins in that he hears a public adjuration to testify, and though he is a witness, whether he has seen or come to know the matter, yet does not speak, he shall bear his iniquity;

Leviticus 5:1 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

And if a soul sin, and hear the voice of swearing, and is a witness, whether he hath seen or known of it; if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

Leviticus 5:1 — New Living Translation (NLT)

“If you are called to testify about something you have seen or that you know about, it is sinful to refuse to testify, and you will be punished for your sin.

Leviticus 5:1 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

‘If a person sins in hearing the utterance of an oath, and is a witness, whether he has seen or known of the matter—if he does not tell it, he bears guilt.

Leviticus 5:1 — New Century Version (NCV)

“ ‘If a person is ordered to tell in court what he has seen or what he knows and he does not tell the court, he is guilty of sin.

Leviticus 5:1 — American Standard Version (ASV)

And if any one sin, in that he heareth the voice of adjuration, he being a witness, whether he hath seen or known, if he do not utter it, then he shall bear his iniquity.

Leviticus 5:1 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

And if any one sin, and hear the voice of adjuration, and he is a witness whether he hath seen or known it, if he do not give information, then he shall bear his iniquity.

Leviticus 5:1 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

⸤The Lord continued,⸥ “Now, if you are a witness under oath and won’t tell what you saw or what you know, you are sinning and will be punished. 

Leviticus 5:1 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

“When someone sins in any of these ways:

If he has seen, heard, or known about something he has witnessed, and did not respond to a public call to testify, he is responsible for his sin.

Leviticus 5:1 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

When any of you sin in that you have heard a public adjuration to testify and—though able to testify as one who has seen or learned of the matter—do not speak up, you are subject to punishment.

Leviticus 5:1 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

“ ‘When a person sins in that he hears the utterance of a curse and he is a witness or he sees or he knows, if he does not make it known, then he shall bear his guilt.

Leviticus 5:1 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

“ ‘Suppose a person has been called as a witness to something he has seen or learned about. Then if he does not tell what he knows, he has sinned. And he will be held accountable for it.


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