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And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, [if] the witness [be] a false witness, [and] hath testified falsely against his brother;

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Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Les juges feront avec soin des recherches. Le témoin est-il un faux témoin, a-t-il fait contre son frère une fausse déposition,

KJV

And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, [if] the witness [be] a false witness, [and] hath testified falsely against his brother;

Patristic reading

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  • Thomas Aquinas

    Summa Theologica

    the commonwealth; wherefore he is punished on both counts. This is the meaning of what is written ( Dt. 19:18-20 ): "And when after most diligent inquisition, they shall find that the false witness hath told a lie against his brother: then shall render to him as he meant to do to…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 106 (Migne)

    tui; ut audientes caeteri timorem habeant, et nequaquam talia audeant facere, et non misereberis ei (Deut. XIX, 18) . De falsis quoque testibus Salomon ait: Testis falsus non erit impunitus (Prov. XIX, 5, 9) . Et alibi se Deus odisse dicit testem fallacem, et proferentem mendaciu…
  • Various

    Patrologia Latina Vol. 183 (Migne)

    m testimonium ferri? Imo vero sicut adulteram, sic etiam falsum testem non impunitum esse praecepit (Deut. XIX, 16-21; Prov. XIX, 9) . Sed qui gloriamini in lege, per legis praevaricationem Deum inhonoratis. 5. Ingemuit Susanna, et ait: Angustiae mihi sunt undique. Undique enim…

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