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