"You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
PHILIPS
RWEBSTR
Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.
GWV
"Never lie when you testify about your neighbor.
NET
“You shall not give* false testimony* against your neighbor.
NET
20:16 “You shall not give1389
tnHeb “answer” as in a court of law.
false testimony1390
tn The expression עֵד שָׁקֶר (’ed shaqer) means “a lying witness” (B. S. Childs, Exodus [OTL], 388). In this verse the noun is an adverbial accusative, “you will not answer as a lying witness.” The prohibition is against perjury. While the precise reference would be to legal proceedings, the law probably had a broader application to lying about other people in general (see Lev 5:1; Hos 4:2).