Exodus 23:1

Geneva Bible (1560)

Thou shalt not receiue a false tale, neyther shalt thou put thine hande with the wicked, to be a false witnes.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

לֹ֥א תִשָּׂ֖א שֵׁ֣מַע שָׁ֑וְא אַל־תָּ֤שֶׁת יָֽדְךָ֙ עִם־רָשָׁ֔ע לִהְיֹ֖ת עֵ֥ד חָמָֽס׃

Transliteration

Not tiśśā šēmaʿ šāwe not-tāšet yādĕkā with-rāšāʿ to-hĕyōt ʿēd ḥāmās

Grammar Details

• *tiśśā*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - lift/carry/take up
• *šēmaʿ*: noun masculine singular construct - report/rumor
• *šāwe*: noun masculine singular - falsehood/emptiness/vanity
• *tāšet*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - put/place/set
• *yādĕkā*: noun feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your hand
• *rāšāʿ*: adjective masculine singular - wicked/evil person
• *hĕyōt*: qal infinitive construct - to be/become
• *ʿēd*: noun masculine singular - witness
• *ḥāmās*: noun masculine singular - violence/wrong/injustice

Word Meanings

• *tiśśā*: lift up/carry/raise/bear/take
• *šēmaʿ*: report/rumor/hearsay
• *šāwe*: falsehood/emptiness/worthlessness/vanity
• *tāšet*: put/place/set/join
• *ḥāmās*: violence/wrong/injustice/malicious

Referenced Verses

• Ps 101:5 : 5 Him that priuily slandereth his neighbour, wil I destroy: him that hath a proude looke and hie heart, I cannot suffer.
• Ps 35:11 : 11 Cruell witnesses did rise vp: they asked of me things that I knewe not.
• Exod 20:16 : 16 Thou shalt not beare false witnes against thy neighbour.
• Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall not escape.
• Exod 23:7 : 7 Thou shalt keepe thee farre fro a false matter, and shalt not slaye the innocent and the righteous: for I will not iustifie a wicked man.
• Lev 19:11 : 11 Ye shall not steale, neither deale falsely, neither lie one to another.
• Lev 19:16 : 16 Thou shalt not walke about with tales among thy people. Thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the Lord.
• Deut 5:20 : 20 Neither shalt thou beare false witnesse against thy neighbour.
• Deut 19:16-21 : 16 If a false witnesse rise vp against a man to accuse him of trespasse, 17 Then both the men which striue together, shal stand before ye Lord, euen before the Priests and the Iudges, which shall be in those daies, 18 And the Iudges shall make diligent inquisition: and if the witnesse be found false, and hath giuen false witnes against his brother, 19 Then shall yee doe vnto him as hee had thought to doe vnto his brother: so thou shalt take euil away forth of the middes of thee. 20 And the rest shal heare this, and feare, and shall henceforth commit no more any such wickednes among you. 21 Therefore thine eye shall have no compassion, but life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foote for foote.
• Matt 26:59-61 : 59 Nowe the chiefe Priestes and the Elders, and all the whole councill sought false witnesse against Iesus, to put him to death. 60 But they founde none, and though many false witnesses came, yet founde they none: but at the last came two false witnesses, 61 And saide, This man saide, I can destroie the Temple of God, and build it in three daies.
• Matt 28:14-15 : 14 And if this matter come before the gouernour to be heard, we will perswade him, and so vse the matter that you shall not neede to care. 15 So they tooke the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying is noysed among the Iewes vnto this day.
• Luke 3:14 : 14 The souldiers likewise demaunded of him, saying, And what shall we doe? And he saide vnto them, Doe violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely, and be content with your wages.
• Luke 19:8 : 8 And Zaccheus stood forth, & said vnto the Lord, Beholde, Lord, the halfe of my goods I giue to the poore: and if I haue taken from any man by forged cauillation, I restore him foure folde.
• Acts 6:11-13 : 11 Then they suborned men, which saide, We haue heard him speake blasphemous wordes against Moses, and God. 12 Thus they mooued the people & the Elders, and the Scribes: and running vpon him, caught him, and brought him to the Councill, 13 And set forth false witnesses, which sayd, This man ceasseth not to speake blasphemous wordes against this holy place, and the Law.
• Rom 3:8 : 8 And (as we are blamed, & as some affirme, that we say) why doe we not euil, that good may come thereof? whose damnation is iust.
• Eph 4:25 : 25 Wherefore cast off lying, and speake euery man truth vnto his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
• 2 Tim 3:3 : 3 Without naturall affection, truce breakers, false accusers, intemperate, fierce, no louers at all of them which are good,
• 1 Pet 3:16 : 16 Hauing a good coscience, that whe they speake euill of you as of euill doers, they may be ashamed, which slander your good conuersation in Christ.
• Rev 12:10 : 10 Then I heard a loude voyce in heauen, saying, Now is saluation, and strength, and the kingdome of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast downe, which accused them before our God day and night.
• Ps 120:3 : 3 What doeth thy deceitfull tongue bring vnto thee? or what doeth it auaile thee?
• Prov 6:19 : 19 A false witnesse that speaketh lyes, and him that rayseth vp contentions among brethren.
• Prov 10:18 : 18 He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inuenteth slaunder, is a foole.
• Prov 12:17 : 17 He that speaketh trueth, will shewe righteousnes: but a false witnes vseth deceite.
• Prov 17:4 : 4 The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.
• 2 Sam 16:3 : 3 And the king sayde, But where is thy masters sonne? Then Ziba answered the King, Beholde, he remayneth in Ierusalem: for he sayde, This day shall the house of Israel restore me the kingdome of my father.
• 2 Sam 19:27 : 27 And he hath accused thy seruant vnto my lorde the king: but my lorde the king is as an Angel of God: doe therefore thy pleasure.
• 1 Kgs 21:10-13 : 10 And set two wicked men before him, & let them witnesse against him, saying, Thou diddest blaspheme God and the King: then cary him out, and stone him that he may dye. 11 And the men of his citie, euen the Elders & gouernours, which dwelt in his citie, did as Iezebel had sent vnto them: as it was written in the letters, which she had sent vnto them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth among the chiefe of the people, 13 And there came two wicked men, & sate before him: & the wicked men witnessed against Naboth in the presence of the people saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the King. Then they caried him away out of the citie, and stoned him with stones, that he dyed.
• Ps 15:3 : 3 He that slandereth not with his tongue, nor doeth euill to his neighbour, nor receiueth a false report against his neighbour.
• Ps 27:12 : 12 Giue me not vnto the lust of mine aduersaries: for there are false witnesses risen vp against me, and such as speake cruelly.
• Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall perish.
• Prov 19:28 : 28 A wicked witnes mocketh at iudgement, & the mouth of ye wicked swalloweth vp iniquitie.
• Prov 21:28 : 28 A false witnes shall perish: but hee that heareth, speaketh continually.
• Prov 24:28 : 28 Be not a witnes against thy neighbour without cause: for wilt thou deceiue with thy lippes?
• Prov 25:18 : 18 A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is like an hammer and a sword, and a sharpe arrowe.
• Prov 25:23 : 23 As the Northwinde driueth away the raine, so doeth an angry countenance the slandering tongue.
• Jer 20:10 : 10 For I had heard the railing of many, and feare on euery side. Declare, said they, and wee wil declare it: all my familiars watched for mine halting, saying, It may be that he is deceiued: so we shall preuaile against him, and we shal execute our vengeance vpon him.
• Matt 19:18 : 18 He sayd to him, Which? And Iesus sayde, These, Thou shalt not kill: Thou shalt not commit adulterie: Thou shalt not steale: Thou shalt not beare false witnesse.