Parallel Verses

King James Version

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

New American Standard Bible

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

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

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


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

Bible in Basic English

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

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

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

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes lies will perish.

Modern King James verseion

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and one speaking lies shall perish.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

The Emphasized Bible

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

Webster

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

World English Bible

A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.

Youngs Literal Translation

A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.

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

8 He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. 9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. 10 Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.

Cross References

Proverbs 19:5

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

Isaiah 9:15-17

The ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.

Jeremiah 23:25-32

I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.

Jeremiah 28:15-17

Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.

Jeremiah 29:31-32

Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:

Ezekiel 13:22

Because with lies ye have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad; and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, by promising him life:

2 Thessalonians 2:8-10

And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:

1 Timothy 4:1-2

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;

2 Peter 2:1-3

But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

Revelation 19:20

And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that had received the mark of the beast, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast alive into a lake of fire burning with brimstone.

Revelation 21:8

But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

Revelation 22:15

For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.

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