Deuteronomy 19:16

19:16 If a false ¹  witness testifies against another person and accuses him of a crime, ² 

Deuteronomy 28:46

28:46 These curses ³  will be a perpetual sign and wonder with reference to you and your descendants. ⁴ 

¹ tn Heb “violent” (חָמָס, khamas). This is a witness whose motivation from the beginning is to do harm to the accused and who, therefore, resorts to calumny and deceit. See I. Swart and C. VanDam, NIDOTTE 2:177-80.

² tn Or “rebellion.” Rebellion against God’s law is in view (cf. NAB “of a defection from the law”).

³ tn Heb “they”; the referent (the curses mentioned previously) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “seed” (so KJV, ASV).