Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness will speak lies.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
Holman Bible
but a dishonest witness utters lies.
International Standard Version
A trustworthy witness does not deceive, but a false witness spews lies.
A Conservative Version
A faithful witness will not lie, but a FALSE witness utters lies.
American Standard Version
A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.
Amplified
A faithful and trustworthy witness will not lie,
But a false witness speaks lies.
Bible in Basic English
A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.
Darby Translation
A faithful witness will not lie; but a false witness uttereth lies.
Julia Smith Translation
A witness of faithfulnesses will not lie: and a witness of falsehood will breathe out lies.
King James 2000
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A faithful witness does not lie, but he who breathes out falsehood is a witness of deceit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A faithful witness will not dissemble; but a false record will make a lie.
NET Bible
A truthful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.
New Heart English Bible
A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.
The Emphasized Bible
A faithful witness, will not deceive, but a false witness, uttereth deceitful things.
Webster
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
World English Bible
A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.
Youngs Literal Translation
A faithful witness lieth not, And a false witness breatheth out lies.
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 14:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
4 Where no cattle are, the stall is clean, but much gain is by the strength of the ox. 5 A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness will speak lies. 6 A scorner seeks wisdom, and it is not found, but knowledge is easy to him who understands.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:19
a false witness who speaks lies, and he who causes fighting among brothers.
Exodus 23:1
You shall not raise a false report. Do not put your hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Proverbs 12:17
He who breathes truth shows forth righteousness, but a false witness deceit.
Proverbs 19:5
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and a breather of lies shall not escape.
Exodus 20:16
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.
1 Kings 21:13
And there came in two men, sons of Belial, and sat before him. And the men of Belial witnessed against him, against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth blasphemed God and the king. And they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones so that he died.
1 Kings 22:12-14
And all the prophets prophesied so, saying, Go up to Ramoth in Gilead and prosper, for Jehovah shall deliver it into the king's hands.
Proverbs 13:5
The righteous hates lying, but the wicked one is odious and acts shamefully.
Proverbs 14:25
A true witness delivers souls, but a deceitful witness speaks lies.
Proverbs 19:9
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and one speaking lies shall perish.