Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A faithful witness will not dissemble; but a false record will make a lie.
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 King James verseion
A faithful witness will not lie, but a false witness will speak lies.
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 oxen are, there the crib is empty; but where the oxen labour there is much fruit. 5 A faithful witness will not dissemble; but a false record will make a lie. 6 A scornful body seeketh wisdom, and findeth it not; but knowledge is easy to come by, unto him that will understand.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:19
a false witness that bringeth up lies, and such one as soweth discord among brethren.
Exodus 23:1
Thou shalt not accept a vain tale, neither shalt put thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Proverbs 12:17
A just man will tell the truth, and show the thing that is right; but a false witness deceiveth.
Proverbs 19:5
A false witness shall not remain unpunished; and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
Exodus 20:16
"Thou shalt bear no false witness against thy neighbor.
1 Kings 21:13
and there came in two unthrifty persons and sat before him. And the two unthrifty persons witnessed against Naboth before the people, saying, "Naboth did curse God and the king." And upon that they carried him out of the city and stoned him with stones to death.
1 Kings 22:12-14
And all the Prophets prophesied even so, saying, "Go to Ramoth in Gilead and prosper, for the LORD shall deliver it into the hands of the king."
Proverbs 13:5
A righteous man abhoreth lies; but the ungodly shameth both others and himself.
Proverbs 14:25
A faithful witness delivereth souls; but a liar deceiveth them.
Proverbs 19:9
A false witness shall not remain unpunished; and he that speaketh lies shall perish.