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Deuteronomy 19:19–20

19 then do to the false witness as that witness intended to do to the other party.f You must purge the evil from among you. 20 The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid,g and never again will such an evil thing be done among you.

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Deuteronomy 19:19–20 — English Standard Version (ESV)

19 then you shall do to him as he had meant to do to his brother. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. 20 And the rest shall hear and fear, and shall never again commit any such evil among you.

Deuteronomy 19:19–20 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. 20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you.

Deuteronomy 19:19–20 — New Living Translation (NLT)

19 you must impose on the accuser the sentence he intended for the other person. In this way, you will purge such evil from among you. 20 Then the rest of the people will hear about it and be afraid to do such an evil thing.

Deuteronomy 19:19–20 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

19 then you shall do to him as he thought to have done to his brother; so you shall put away the evil from among you. 20 And those who remain shall hear and fear, and hereafter they shall not again commit such evil among you.

Deuteronomy 19:19–20 — New Century Version (NCV)

19 must be punished. He must be punished in the same way the other person would have been punished. You must get rid of the evil among you. 20 The rest of the people will hear about this and be afraid, and no one among you will ever do such an evil thing again.

Deuteronomy 19:19–20 — American Standard Version (ASV)

19 then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee. 20 And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in the midst of thee.

Deuteronomy 19:19–20 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

19 then shall ye do unto him as he had thought to have done unto his brother; and thou shalt put evil away from thy midst. 20 And those that remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil in thy midst.

Deuteronomy 19:19–20 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

19 then do to him what he planned to do to the other person. You must get rid of this evil. 20 When the rest of the people hear about this, they will be afraid. Never again will such an evil thing be done among you.

Deuteronomy 19:19–20 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

19 you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. You must purge the evil from you. 20 Then everyone else will hear and be afraid, and they will never again do anything evil like this among you.

Deuteronomy 19:19–20 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

19 then you shall do to the false witness just as the false witness had meant to do to the other. So you shall purge the evil from your midst. 20 The rest shall hear and be afraid, and a crime such as this shall never again be committed among you.

Deuteronomy 19:19–20 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

19 then you shall do to him as he meant to do to his brother, and so you shall purge the evil from your midst. 20 And the rest shall hear and shall fear, and they shall not continue to do such a thing again as this evil thing in your midst.

Deuteronomy 19:19–20 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

19 So do to the lying witness what he tried to do to the other person. Get rid of that evil person. 20 The rest of the people will hear about it. And they will be afraid. They won’t allow such an evil thing to be done among them again.

Deuteronomy 19:19–20 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

19 then you shall do to him just as he had intended to do to his brother. Thus you shall purge the evil from among you.

20 “The rest will hear and be afraid, and will never again do such an evil thing among you.


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