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Exodus 23:7

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7“aKeep far from a 1false charge, and bdo not kill the innocent or the righteous, for cI will not justify the guilty.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit lying word

Cross references

  1. aEx 20:16; Ps 119:29; Eph 4:25
  2. bEx 20:13; Deut 27:25
  3. cEx 34:7; Deut 25:1; Rom 1:18

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Stay far away from a false accusation. Do not kill the innocent and the just, because I will not justify the guilty.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Be sure never to charge anyone falsely with evil. Never sentence an innocent or blameless person to death, for I never declare a guilty person to be innocent.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You will stay far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and the righteous, because I will not declare the wicked righteous.

KJV 1900King James Version

Keep thee far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous slay thou not: for I will not justify the wicked.