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Exodus 20:16

Exodus 20:16
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings,.... That is, they heard the one, and saw the other; they heard the dreadful volleys of thunder, and saw the amazing flashes of lightning,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Exodus 20:1-17

The Hebrew name which is rendered in our King James Version as the ten commandments occurs in Exo 34:28; Deu 4:13; Deu 10:4. It literally means “the Ten Words.” The Ten Commandments are also called…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Thou shalt not bear false witness, etc. - Not only false oaths, to deprive a man of his life or of his right, are here prohibited, but all whispering, tale-bearing, slander, and calumny; in a word,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Exodus 20:12-17

We have here the laws of the second table, as they are commonly called, the last six of the ten commandments, comprehending our duty to ourselves and to one another, and constituting a comment upon…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The ninthcommandment. Against bearing false witness, primarily in a court of law, a specially common crime in the East, but also more generally by taking away the character of a neighbour by false…