Keluaran 20:16

20:16 “You shall not give ¹  false testimony ²  against your neighbor.

Imamat 19:12

19:12 You must not swear falsely ³  in my name, so that you do not profane ⁴  the name of your God. I am the Lord.

Zakharia 8:17

8:17 Do not plan evil in your hearts against one another. Do not favor a false oath – these are all things that I hate,’ says the Lord.”

Maleakhi 3:5

3:5 “I ⁵  will come to you in judgment. I will be quick to testify against those who practice divination, those who commit adultery, those who break promises, ⁶  and those who exploit workers, widows, and orphans, ⁷  who refuse to help ⁸  the immigrant ⁹  and in this way show they do not fear me,” says the Lord who rules over all.

[20:16]  ¹ tn Heb “answer” as in a court of law.

[20:16]  ² tn The expression עֵד שָׁקֶר (’ed shaqer) means “a lying witness” (B. S. Childs, Exodus [OTL], 388). In this verse the noun is an adverbial accusative, “you will not answer as a lying witness.” The prohibition is against perjury. While the precise reference would be to legal proceedings, the law probably had a broader application to lying about other people in general (see Lev 5:1; Hos 4:2).

[19:12]  ³ tn Heb “And you shall not swear to the falsehood.”

[19:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “and you shall not profane”; NAB “thus profaning.”

[3:5]  ⁵ tn The first person pronoun (a reference to the Lord) indicates that the Lord himself now speaks (see also v. 1). The prophet speaks in vv. 2-4 (see also 2:17).

[3:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “those who swear [oaths] falsely.” Cf. NIV “perjurers”; TEV “those who give false testimony”; NLT “liars.”

[3:5]  ⁷ tn Heb “and against the oppressors of the worker for a wage, [the] widow and orphan.”

[3:5]  ⁸ tn Heb “those who turn aside.”

[3:5]  ⁹ tn Or “resident foreigner”; NIV “aliens”; NRSV “the alien.”