Proverbs 24:28
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24:28Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause,52
and do not deceive with your words.53
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- 52 The legal setting of these sayings continues with this warning against being a false accuser. The “witness” in this line is one who has no basis for his testimony. “Without cause” is the adverb from חָנָן (khanan), which means “to be gracious.” The adverb means “without a cause; gratis; free.” It is also cognate to the word חֵן (“grace” or “unmerited [or, undeserved] favor.” The connotation is that the opposite is due. So the adverb would mean that there was no cause, no justification for the witness, but that the evidence seemed to lie on the other side.
- 53 Heb “lips.” The term “lips” is a metonymy of cause; it means “what is said.” Here it refers to what is said in court as a false witness.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause,
and do not deceive with your lips.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause—
would you use your lips to mislead?
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Don’t testify against your neighbor without cause.
Don’t deceive with your lips.
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NLTNew Living Translation
Don’t testify against your neighbors without cause;
don’t lie about them.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Do not be a witness without cause against your neighbor
nor deceive with your lips.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause;
And deceive not with thy lips.
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