Deuteronomy 19:18

Deuteronomy Old Testament

WEB

and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness is a false witness, and has testified falsely against his brother;

KJV

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

Commentary

Commentary

And the judges shall make diligent inquisition,.... Into the case before them, into the nature of the e vidence and proof that each witness brings for or against; so the Targum of Jonathan,"the judges shall interrogate the witness, by whom these things are said, well;''shall thoroughly examine the testimony given, and look carefully into it: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; it appears plainly by full evidence that he has testified a falsehood of him.