29:21 those who bear false testimony against a person, 1
who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate 2
and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges. 3
[29:21] 1 tn Heb “the ones who make a man a sinner with a word.” The Hiphil of חָטָא (khata’) here has a delocutive sense: “declare a man sinful/guilty.”
[29:21] 2 sn Legal disputes were resolved at the city gate, where the town elders met. See Amos 5:10.
[29:21] 3 tn Heb “and deprive by emptiness the innocent.”
