Exodus 23:1
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"You shall not bearתִשָּׂ֖א
(tis·sa)
5375: to lift, carry, takea prim. root
a FALSEשָׁ֑וְא
(sha·ve;)
7723: emptiness, vanityfrom an unused word
report;שֵׁ֣מַע
(she·ma)
8088: a hearing, reportfrom shama
do not joinתָּ֤שֶׁת
(ta·shet)
7896: to put, seta prim. root
your handיָֽדְךָ֙
(ya·de·cha)
3027: handa prim. root
with a wicked manרָשָׁ֔ע
(ra·sha,)
7563: wicked, criminalfrom an unused word
to be a maliciousחָמָֽס׃
(cha·mas.)
2555: violence, wrongfrom chamas
witness.עֵ֥ד
(ed)
5707: a witnessfrom ud


















KJV Lexicon
Thou shalt not raise
nasa'  (naw-saw')
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
a false.
shav'  (shawv)
evil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolatry (as false, subjective), uselessness (as deceptive, objective; also adverbially, in vain) -- false(-ly), lie, lying, vain, vanity.
report
shema`  (shay'-mah)
something heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience -- bruit, fame, hear(-ing), loud, report, speech, tidings.
put
shiyth  (sheeth)
to place (in a very wide application) -- apply, appoint, array, bring, consider, lay (up), let alone, look, make, mark, put (on), + regard, set, shew, be stayed, take.
not thine hand
yad  (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
with the wicked
rasha`  (raw-shaw')
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person -- + condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
to be an unrighteous
chamac  (khaw-mawce')
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain -- cruel(-ty), damage, false, injustice, oppressor, unrighteous, violence (against, done), violent (dealing), wrong.
witness
`ed  (ayd)
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince -- witness.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.

King James Bible
Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You must not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked to be a malicious witness."

International Standard Version
"You are not to spread a false report, nor are you to join forces with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

NET Bible
"You must not give a false report. Do not make common cause with the wicked to be a malicious witness.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[The LORD continued,] "Never spread false rumors. Don't join forces with wicked people by giving false testimony.

King James 2000 Bible
You shall not raise a false report: put not your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
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