Lexicon :: Strong's H5707 - ʿēḏ

“You shall not testify falsely [that is, lie, withhold, or manipulate the truth] against your neighbor (any person).

“You shall not give a false report; you shall not join hands with the wicked to be a malicious witness [promoting wrong and violence].

‘If anyone sins after he hears a [fn]public adjuration (solemn command to testify) when he is a witness, whether he has seen or [otherwise] known [something]—if he fails to report it, then he will bear his guilt and be held responsible.

‘If anyone kills a person [intentionally], the murderer shall be put to death on the testimony of [two or more] witnesses; but no one shall be put to death on the testimony of [only] one witness.

‘You shall not give false testimony [that is, lie, withhold, or manipulate the truth] against your neighbor (any person).

“A single witness shall not appear in a trial against a man for any wrong or any sin which he has committed; [only] [fn]on the testimony or evidence of two or three witnesses shall a charge be confirmed.

“Now then, write this song for yourselves, and teach it to the sons of Israel; put it in their mouth, so that this song may be a witness for Me against the sons of Israel.

‘You renew Your witnesses against me

And increase Your indignation and anger toward me;

Hardship after hardship is with me [attacking me time after time].

“You have taken a firm hold on me and have shriveled me up,

It has become a witness [against me];

And my leanness [and infirmity] rises up [as evidence] against me,

It testifies to my face [about my guilt].

“Even now, behold, my Witness is in heaven,

And my Advocate [who vouches and testifies for me] is on high.

Do not give me up to the will of my adversaries,

For false witnesses have come against me;

They breathe out violence.

Malicious witnesses rise up;

They ask me of things that I do not know.

“It shall be established forever like the moon,

And the witness in the heavens is ever faithful.” Selah.

A false witness who breathes out lies [even half-truths],

And one who spreads discord (rumors) among brothers.

He who speaks truth [when he testifies] tells what is right,

But a false witness utters deceit [in court].

A faithful and trustworthy witness will not lie,

But a false witness speaks lies.

A truthful witness saves lives,

But he who speaks lies is treacherous.

A false witness will not go unpunished,

And he who breathes out lies will not escape.

A false witness will not go unpunished,

And he who breathes lies will perish.

A wicked and worthless witness mocks justice,

And the mouth of the wicked spreads iniquity.

A false witness will perish,

But a man who listens to the truth will speak forever and go unchallenged.

Do not be a witness against your [fn]neighbor without cause,

And do not deceive with your lips [speak neither lies nor half-truths].

Like a club and a sword and a piercing arrow

Is a man who testifies falsely against his neighbor (acquaintance).

Now, go, write it on a tablet before them

And inscribe it on a scroll,

So that it may serve in the time to come

As a witness [against them] forevermore.

All the nations have gathered together

So that the peoples may be assembled.

Who among them (the idolaters) can [fn]predict this [that Judah would return from captivity]

And proclaim to us the former events?

Let them provide their witnesses so that they may be justified,

Or let them hear and say [in acknowledgement], “It is the truth.”

“I have declared [the future] and saved [the nation] and proclaimed [that I am God],

And there was no strange (alien) god among you;

Therefore you are My witnesses [among the pagans],” declares the LORD,

“That I am God.

‘Do not tremble nor be afraid [of the violent upheavals to come];

Have I not long ago proclaimed it to you and declared it?

And you are My witnesses.

Is there a God besides Me?

There is no other Rock;

I know of none.’”