16 Do not go about spreading slander(A) among your people; do not jeopardize[a] your neighbor’s life; I am the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 19:16 Lit not stand against

16 “‘Do not go about spreading slander(A) among your people.

“‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life.(B) I am the Lord.

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16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am the Lord.

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13 A gossip goes around revealing a secret,
but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.(A)

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13 A gossip betrays a confidence,(A)
    but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.(B)

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13 A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

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