Verse 28

Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Vær ikke et falskt vitne mot din nabo, og vær ikke bedragerisk med leppene dine.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Vær ikke et vitne mot din neste uten grunn, og bedra ikke med dine lepper.

• Norsk King James

  Vær ikke et vitne mot naboen din uten grunn; og bedrager ikke med ordene dine.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Ikke vær et falskt vitne mot din neste uten grunn, for vil du bedra med dine lepper?

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Vær ikke et falskt vitne mot din neste, og før ikke dine lepper på villspor.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Vær ikke et vitne mot din nabo uten grunn, og før ikke vill med dine lepper.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Vitne ikke mot din nabo uten grunn, og bruk ikke dine lepper til bedrag.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Vær ikke et vitne mot din nabo uten grunn, og før ikke vill med dine lepper.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Bli ikke et vitne uten grunn mot din neste, og forføre ikke med dine lepper.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Do not be a false witness against your neighbor or deceive with your lips.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Proverbs.24.28", "source": "אַל־תְּהִ֣י עֵד־חִנָּ֣ם בְּרֵעֶ֑ךָ וַ֝הֲפִתִּ֗יתָ בִּשְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃", "text": "Not-*təhî* *ʿēd*-*ḥinnām* against-*rēʿekā* and-*hăpittîtā* with-*śəpāteka*", "grammar": { "*təhî*": "Qal imperfect jussive, 2nd person masculine singular - be", "*ʿēd*": "masculine singular noun - witness", "*ḥinnām*": "adverb - without cause", "*rēʿekā*": "masculine singular noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your neighbor", "*hăpittîtā*": "Hiphil perfect waw consecutive, 2nd person masculine singular - deceive", "*śəpāteka*": "feminine dual noun with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your lips" }, "variants": { "*ʿēd*-*ḥinnām*": "witness without cause/false witness", "*rēʿekā*": "your neighbor/your friend/your companion", "*hăpittîtā*": "deceive/entice/persuade" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Vær ikke et falskt vitne mot din nabo, og forled ikke med dine lepper.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Bliv ikke uden Aarsag Vidne imod din Næste; thi skulde du besvige med dine Læber?

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Vær ikke et vitne mot din nabo uten grunn; og bedrag ikke med dine lepper.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Vær ikke vitne mot din nabo uten grunn. Bedra ikke med dine lepper.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Vær ikke falsk vitne mot din nabo uten grunn, ellers vil du lokke med dine lepper.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Vitne ikke falskt mot din nabo uten grunn, og forled ikke med dine lepper.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Vær ikke et voldsomt vitne mot din nabo, og la ikke dine lepper si det som er falskt.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Be no false wytnesse agaynst yi neghbor, & hurte him not wt yi lyppes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Be not a witnes against thy neighbour without cause: for wilt thou deceiue with thy lippes?

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Be not a false witnesse against thy neighbour, and speake no falsehood with thy lippes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive [not] with thy lips.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Do not be a violent witness against your neighbour, or let your lips say what is false.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your words.

Referenced Verses

• Eph 4:25 : 25 Therefore, putting away lying, let each one of you speak truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
• Prov 25:18 : 18 A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.
• Matt 26:59-60 : 59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false testimony against Jesus, to put him to death; 60 But found none: yes, though many false witnesses came, yet they found none. At last came two false witnesses,
• Matt 27:23 : 23 And the governor said, Why, what evil has he done? But they cried out all the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
• John 15:25 : 25 But this happens so that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, ‘They hated me without a cause.’
• Col 3:9 : 9 Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its deeds.
• Rev 21:8 : 8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and sexually immoral, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
• Rev 22:15 : 15 For outside are dogs, and sorcerers, and sexually immoral, and murderers, and idolaters, and whoever loves and makes a lie.
• Exod 20:16 : 16 You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
• Exod 23:1 : 1 You shall not spread a false report; do not join hands with the wicked to be a dishonest witness.
• 1 Sam 22:9-9 : 9 Then answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub. 10 And he enquired of the LORD for him, and gave him food, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.
• 1 Kgs 21:9-9 : 9 And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people: 10 And set two men, worthless fellows, before him to bear witness against him, saying, You blasphemed God and the king. And then carry him out and stone him, that he may die. 11 And the men of his city, even the elders and the nobles who were the inhabitants of his city, did as Jezebel had sent to them, and as it was written in the letters she had sent to them. 12 They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people. 13 And two men, worthless fellows, came in and sat before him; and the men bore witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. Then they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones, so that he died.
• Job 2:3 : 3 And the LORD said to Satan, Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a perfect and upright man, one who fears God, and shuns evil? And still he holds fast his integrity, although you moved me against him, to destroy him without cause.
• Ps 35:7 : 7 For without cause they have hidden their net for me in a pit, which they have dug without cause for my soul.
• Ps 35:11 : 11 False witnesses did rise up; they charged me with things that I knew not.
• Ps 52:1 : 1 Why do you boast in mischief, O mighty man? The goodness of God endures continually.
• Prov 14:5 : 5 A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness will utter lies.
• Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies shall not escape.
• Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness shall not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies shall perish.
• Prov 21:28 : 28 A false witness shall perish, but the man who hears will speak consistently.