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EXODUS 20:16
KING JAMES VERSION
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Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
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"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
NEW LIVING TRANSLATION
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"Do not testify falsely against your neighbor.
TODAY'S ENGLISH VERSION
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"Do not accuse anyone falsely.
MASORETIC HEBREW VERSION
SEPTUAGINT GREEK VERSION
DEUTERONOMY 5:20
KING JAMES VERSION
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Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION
20
"You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.
NEW LIVING TRANSLATION
20
"'Do not testify falsely against your neighbor.
TODAY'S ENGLISH VERSION
20
"’Do not accuse anyone falsely.
MASORETIC HEBREW VERSION
SEPTUAGINT GREEK VERSION
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DISCUSSION
For Christians today:
Romans 8:2 teaches, "For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death."
And Galatians 5:1 tells us, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage."
But Romans 6:18 says, "Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness."
Thus, while we are saved by grace and not by works (Ephesians 2:8), the Ten Commandments are still our Lord's guideline for how He would like us to live.
The Ninth Commandment is expressly reconfirmed for us in Revelation 21:8.