Other translations
American Standard Version
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; And deceive not with thy lips.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Do not be a false witness against your neighbor and do not tear him to pieces with your lips.
Darby Bible Translation
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and wouldest thou deceive with thy lips?
Holy Bible: Douay-Rheims Version (Genuine Leather Black)
Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour: and deceive not any man with thy lips.
ERV 1885 English Revised Version with Strong's Concordance
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
English Standard Version Journaling Bible
Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
God's Word
Do not testify against your neighbor without a reason, and do not deceive with your lips.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Don't testify against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.
International Standard Version
Don't testify against your neighbor without a cause, and don't lie when you speak.
NET Bible
Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your words.
New American Standard Bible
Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, And do not deceive with your lips.
New International Version
Do not testify against your neighbor without cause-- would you use your lips to mislead?
New Living Translation
Don't testify against your neighbors without cause; don't lie about them.
Webster's Bible Translation
Be not a witness against thy neighbor without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
The World English Bible
Don't be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Don't deceive with your lips.
EasyEnglish Bible
If you do not know what is true, do not speak against your neighbour in court. Do not deceive people with what you say.
Young‘s Literal Translation
Be not a witness for nought against thy neighbour, Or thou hast enticed with thy lips.
New Life Version
Do not speak against your neighbor without a reason, and do not lie with your lips.
The Voice Bible
Do not testify against your neighbor without a reason; do not give misleading testimony.
Living Bible
Don’t testify spitefully against an innocent neighbor. Why lie about him? Don’t say, “Now I can pay him back for all his meanness to me!”
New Catholic Bible
Never be a witness against your neighbor without good reason or deceive with your lips.
Legacy Standard Bible
Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, Nor deceive with your lips.
Jubilee Bible 2000
Do not be a false witness against thy neighbour, and do not flatter with thy lips.
Christian Standard Bible
Don’t testify against your neighbor without cause. Don’t deceive with your lips.
Amplified Bible © 1954
Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and deceive not with your lips.
New Century Version
Don’t testify against your neighbor for no good reason. Don’t say things that are false.
The Message
Don’t talk about your neighbors behind their backs— no slander or gossip, please. Don’t say to anyone, “I’ll get back at you for what you did to me. I’ll make you pay for what you did!”
Evangelical Heritage Version ™
Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause. Do not practice deception with your lips.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Good News Translation®
Don't give evidence against others without good reason, or say misleading things about them.
Wycliffe Bible
Be thou not a witness without reasonable cause against thy neighbour; neither flatter thou any man with thy lips.
Contemporary English Version
Don't accuse anyone who isn't guilty. Don't ever tell a lie
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Do not be a witness against your neighbour without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Common English Bible © 2011
Don’t be a witness against your neighbor without reason; don’t deceive with your lips.
Amplified Bible © 2015
Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, And do not deceive with your lips [speak neither lies nor half-truths].
English Standard Version Anglicised
Be not a witness against your neighbour without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Do not testify falsely against your neighbor and so deceive with your lips.
New American Standard Bible
Do not be a witness against your neighbor for no reason, And do not deceive with your lips.
The Expanded Bible
Don’t ·testify [witness] against your neighbor for no good reason. Don’t ·say things that are false [L deceive with your lips].
Tree of Life Version
Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Revised Standard Version
Be not a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
New International Reader's Version
Don’t be a witness against your neighbor for no reason. Would you use your lips to tell lies?
BRG Bible
Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and deceive not with thy lips.
Complete Jewish Bible
Don’t be a witness against your neighbor for no reason — would you use your lips to deceive?
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Do not be a witness against your neighbour without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
Be not an ed (witness) against thy re’a without cause, and deceive not with thy sfatayim (lips).
Names of God Bible
Do not testify against your neighbor without a reason, and do not deceive with your lips.
Modern English Version
Do not be a witness against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips.
Easy-to-Read Version
Don’t speak against someone without a good reason, or you will appear foolish.
International Children’s Bible
Don’t testify against your neighbor for no good reason. Don’t say things that are false.
Lexham English Bible
Do not be a witness without cause against your neighbor nor deceive with your lips.
New International Version - UK
Do not testify against your neighbour without cause – would you use your lips to mislead?