Deuteronomy 19:18
Good News Translation
The judges will investigate the case thoroughly; and if you have made a false accusation,

New Revised Standard Version
and the judges shall make a thorough inquiry. If the witness is a false witness, having testified falsely against another,

New American Bible
and the judges must investigate it thoroughly. If the witness is a false witness and has falsely accused the other,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when after most diligent inquisition, they shall find that the false witness hath told a lie against his brother:

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And when after most diligent inquisition, they shall find that the false witness hath told a lie against his brother:

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Deuteronomy 13:14 Inquire carefully and diligently, the truth of the thing by looking well into it, and if thou find that which is said to be certain, and that this abomination hath been really committed,

Deuteronomy 17:4 And this is told thee, and hearing it thou hast inquired diligently, and found it to be true, and that the abomination is committed in Israel:

2 Chronicles 19:6,7 And charging the judges, he said: Take heed what you do: for you exercise not the judgment of man, but of the Lord: and whatsoever you judge, it shall redound to you. . . .

Job 19:16 I called my servant, and he gave me no answer, I entreated him with my own mouth.

Context
The Testimony of Two or Three Witnesses
17Both of them, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the Lord in the sight of the priests and the judges that shall be in those days. 18And when after most diligent inquisition, they shall find that the false witness hath told a lie against his brother:19They shall render to him as he meant to do to his brother, and thou shalt take away the evil out of the midst of thee:…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:1
If there be a controversy between men, and they call upon the judges: they shall give the prize of justice to him whom they perceive to be just: and him whom they find to be wicked, they shall condemn of wickedness.

Psalm 27:12
Deliver me not over to the will of them that trouble me; for unjust witnesses have risen up against me; and iniquity hath lied to itself.

Daniel 6:24
And by the king's commandment, those men were brought that had accused Daniel: and they were cast into the lions' den, they and their children, and their wives: and they did not reach the bottom of the den, before the lions caught them, and broke all their bones in pieces.

Deuteronomy 19:17
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