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Deuteronomy 19:15

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19:15A single witness may not testify31 against another person for any trespass or sin that he commits. A matter may be legally established32 only on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

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Footnotes

  1. 31 Heb “rise up” (likewise in v. 16).
  2. 32 Heb “may stand.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“A single witness shall not suffice against a person for any crime or for any wrong in connection with any offense that he has committed. Only on the evidence of two witnesses or of three witnesses shall a charge be established.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

One witness is not enough to convict anyone accused of any crime or offense they may have committed. A matter must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“One witness cannot establish any iniquity or sin against a person, whatever that person has done. A fact must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

NLTNew Living Translation

“You must not convict anyone of a crime on the testimony of only one witness. The facts of the case must be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The testimony of a single witness may not be used to convict with respect to any crime and for any wrongdoing in any offense that a person committed; on the evidence of two witnesses or on the evidence of three witnesses a charge shall be sustained.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.