Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
A TRUE witness delivers souls, but he who utters lies [causes] deceit.
New American Standard Bible
But he who
King James Version
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
Holman Bible
but one who utters lies is deceitful.
International Standard Version
A truthful witness saves lives, but the person who lies is deceitful.
American Standard Version
A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.
Amplified
A truthful witness saves lives,
But he who speaks lies is treacherous.
Bible in Basic English
A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.
Darby Translation
A true witness delivereth souls; but deceit uttereth lies.
Julia Smith Translation
A witness of truth delivers souls: and deceit will breathe out lies.
King James 2000
A true witness delivers souls: but a deceitful witness speaks lies.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He who saves lives [is] a witness of truth, but he who utters lies [is] a betrayer.
Modern King James verseion
A true witness delivers souls, but a deceitful witness speaks lies.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A faithful witness delivereth souls; but a liar deceiveth them.
NET Bible
A truthful witness rescues lives, but the one who breathes lies brings deception.
New Heart English Bible
A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.
The Emphasized Bible
A deliverer of souls, is a faithful witness, but, he that uttereth falsehoods, is a fraud.
Webster
A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.
World English Bible
A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.
Youngs Literal Translation
A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.
Interlinear
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Nephesh
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 14:25
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
24 The crown of the wise is their riches. The foolishness of fools is folly. 25 A TRUE witness delivers souls, but he who utters lies [causes] deceit. 26 In the fear of LORD is strong confidence, and his sons shall have a place of refuge.
Cross References
Proverbs 14:5
A faithful witness will not lie, but a FALSE witness utters lies.
Acts 20:21
testifying both to Jews and to Greeks repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus.
Acts 20:26-27
Therefore I solemnly declare to you this day, that I am clean from the blood of all men.
Acts 26:16-20
But arise, and stand upon thy feet, for I appeared to thee for this, to appoint thee an assistant and a witness both of things that thou saw, and of the things that I will make visible to thee,
1 Timothy 4:1-3
But the Spirit says expressly that in latter times some will depart from the faith, giving heed to deceitful spirits and doctrines of demons,
2 Peter 3:3
Knowing this first, that there will come at the end of the days, scoffers, proceeding according to their own desires,