Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

A false witness, shall not be held innocent, and, he that uttereth lies, shall not escape.

New American Standard Bible

A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who tells lies will not escape.

King James Version

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

Holman Bible

A false witness will not go unpunished,
and one who utters lies will not escape.

International Standard Version

A witness to lies will not go unpunished; the teller of falsehoods will not escape.

A Conservative Version

A FALSE witness shall not be unpunished, and he who utters lies shall not escape.

American Standard Version

A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

Amplified


A false witness will not go unpunished,
And he who breathes out lies will not escape.

Bible in Basic English

A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.

Darby Translation

A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

Julia Smith Translation

A witness of falsehoods shall not be unpunished, and he breathing out lies shall not escape.

King James 2000

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall not escape.

Lexham Expanded Bible

A witness of falsehood will not go unpunished, and he who breathes lies will not escape.

Modern King James verseion

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and a breather of lies shall not escape.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

A false witness shall not remain unpunished; and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

NET Bible

A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.

New Heart English Bible

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

Webster

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

World English Bible

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

Youngs Literal Translation

A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A false
שׁקר 
Sheqer 
Usage: 113

עד 
`ed 
Usage: 69

and he that speaketh
פּוּח 
Puwach 
Usage: 14

כּזב 
Kazab 
Usage: 30

References

Hastings

Context Readings

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

4 Wealth, addeth many friends, but, the poor man, from his own friend, is parted. 5 A false witness, shall not be held innocent, and, he that uttereth lies, shall not escape. 6 Many, will entreat the favour of a noble, and, every one, is a friend to a man abounding in gifts.



Cross References

Proverbs 21:28

A false witness, shall perish, but, the man who hearkeneth, with abiding effect, shall speak.

Exodus 23:1

Thou shalt not utter a false report. Do not lay thy hand with a lawless man, to become a witness helping forward violence and wrong.

Proverbs 6:19

One that uttereth lies - a false witness, and one sending forth strifes between brethren.

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness, shall not be held innocent, and, he that uttereth lies, shall perish.

Deuteronomy 5:11

Thou shalt not utter the name of Yahweh thy God, for falsehood, - for Yahweh will not at him go unpunished who uttereth his name for falsehood:

Deuteronomy 19:16-21

When there shall rise up a wrongful witness against a man, - to answer against him perversely,

1 Kings 2:9

Now, therefore do not hold him guiltless, for, a wise man, thou art, and wilt know how thou oughtest to deal with him, and wilt suffer his grey hairs to go down with blood, to hades.

Psalm 120:3-4

What shall be given to thee, and what shall be added to thee, thou deceitful tongue?

Daniel 6:24

And the king, gave word, that they should bring those men who had accused Daniel, and, into the den of lions, they cast them - them, their children, and their wives, - and, they had not reached the bottom of the den, when the lions, seized them, and, all their bones, brake they in pieces.

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