Exodus 23:1
“You shall not spread a false report. Don’t join your hand with the wicked to be a malicious witness.This verse in the real world
In what words
- שֵׁמַעshêmaʻsomething heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience
- שָׁוְאshâvᵉʼevil (as destructive), literally (ruin) or morally (especially guile); figuratively idolat
- חָמָסchâmâçviolence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
- שִׁיתshîythto place (in a very wide application)
- רָשָׁעrâshâʻmorally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- נָשָׂאnâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- יָדyâda hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Psa 101:5, Pro 19:5, Deu 19:16–21, Exo 20:16, Mat 26:59–61, Rom 3:8, Psa 35:11, Lev 19:16