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Leviticus 19:16

NETBible	You must not go about as a slanderer among your people.¹ You must not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is at stake.² I am the Lord.
NIV © biblegateway Lev 19:16	"‘Do not go about spreading slander among your people. "‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbour’s life. I am the LORD.
NASB © biblegateway Lev 19:16	‘You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor; I am the LORD.
NLT © biblegateway Lev 19:16	"Do not spread slanderous gossip among your people. "Do not try to get ahead at the cost of your neighbor’s life, for I am the LORD.
MSG © biblegateway Lev 19:16	"Don't spread gossip and rumors. "Don't just stand by when your neighbor's life is in danger. I am GOD.
BBE © SABDAweb Lev 19:16	Do not go about saying untrue things among your people, or take away the life of your neighbour by false witness: I am the Lord.
NRSV © bibleoremus Lev 19:16	You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not profit by the blood of your neighbor: I am the LORD.
NKJV © biblegateway Lev 19:16	‘You shall not go about as a talebearer among your people; nor shall you take a stand against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.
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KJV	Thou shalt not go <03212> (8799) up and down [as] a talebearer <07400> among thy people <05971>_: neither shalt thou stand <05975> (8799) against the blood <01818> of thy neighbour <07453>_: I [am] the LORD <03068>_.
NASB © biblegateway Lev 19:16	'You shall not go <01980> about as a slanderer <07400> among your people <05971> , and you are not to act <05975> against <05921> the life <01818> of your neighbor <07453> ; I am the LORD <03068> .
LXXM	ou <3364> ADV poreush <4198> V-FMI-2S dolw <1388> N-DSM en <1722> PREP tw <3588> T-DSN eynei <1484> N-DSN sou <4771> P-GS ouk <3364> ADV episusthsh {V-FMI-2S} ef <1909> PREP aima <129> N-ASN tou <3588> T-GSM plhsion <4139> ADV sou <4771> P-GS egw <1473> P-NS eimi <1510> V-PAI-1S kuriov <2962> N-NSM o <3588> T-NSM yeov <2316> N-NSM umwn <4771> P-GP
NET [draft] ITL	You must not <03808> go <01980> about as a slanderer <07400> among your people <05971> . You must not <03808> stand <05975> idly <01818> by <05921> when your neighbor’s <07453> life is at stake. I <0589> am the Lord <03068> .
HEBREW	hwhy <03068> yna <0589> Ker <07453> Md <01818> le <05921> dmet <05975> al <03808> Kymeb <05971> lykr <07400> Klt <01980> al (19:16) <03808>

NETBible

You must not go about as a slanderer among your people.¹ You must not stand idly by when your neighbor’s life is at stake.² I am the Lord.

NET Notes

¹tn The term רָכִיל (rakhil) is traditionally rendered “slanderer” here (so NASB, NIV, NRSV; see also J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 304, 316), but the exact meaning is uncertain (see the discussion in B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 129). It is sometimes related to I רָכַל (“to go about as a trader [or “merchant”]”; BDB 940 s.v. רָכַל), and taken to refer to cutthroat business dealings, but there may be a II רָכַל, the meaning of which is dubious (HALOT 1237 s.v. II *רכל). Some would render it “to go about as a spy.”

²tn Heb “You shall not stand on the blood of your neighbor.” This part of the verse is also difficult to interpret. The rendering here suggests that one will not allow a neighbor to be victimized, whether in court (cf. v. 15) or in any other situation (see the discussion in B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 129).