Leviticus 19:16

Hebrew	לֹא תֵלֵ֤ךְ רָכִיל֙ בְּעַמֶּ֔יךָ לֹ֥א תַעֲמֹ֖ד עַל דַּ֣ם רֵעֶ֑ךָ אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽהplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigיְהוָֹה hebrew Meaning * Yahweh - God's personal name It is not a generic term for “god”, but rather the word יְהוָֹה (YHWH) is the name by which God uniquely identifies himself in the Old Testament. First appearing in Genesis 2:4, it occurs over 6,000 times in the Old Testament.Exodus 3:14Deuteronomy 6:4Psalm 23:1Romans 10:13Joel 2:32Exodus 20:7Psalm 18:1Exodus 15:3Psalm 8:1Genesis 2:41 Samuel 1:3Judges 6:24Genesis 22:14Jeremiah 23:6
ESV	You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people, and you shall not stand up against the life of your neighbor: I am the LORD.
NIV	“'Do not go about spreading slander among your people. ”'Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor's life. I am the LORD.
NLT	“Do not spread slanderous gossip among your people. “Do not stand idly by when your neighbor's life is threatened. I am the LORD.
LXX	οὐ πορεύσῃ δόλῳ ἐνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigἐν greek Preposition meaning “in”. τῷplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἔθνει σου οὐκ ἐπισυστήσῃ ἐφ αἷμα τοῦplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article πλησίον σου ἐγώ εἰμιplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. κύριος ὁplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article θεὸςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigθεὸς greek Masculine noun meaning: * A god or goddess * God ὑμῶν
KJV	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.

^{Leviticus 19:15 ← Leviticus 19:16 → Leviticus 19:17}

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