Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and one speaking lies shall perish.
New American Standard Bible
And he who
King James Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Holman Bible
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 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.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 19:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness
8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding shall find good. 9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and one speaking lies shall perish. 10 Luxury is not becoming 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 a breather of lies shall not escape.
Isaiah 9:15-17
The elder and honorable, he is the head; and the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.
Jeremiah 23:25-32
I have heard what the prophets said, who prophesy lies in My name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
Jeremiah 28:15-17
Then the prophet Jeremiah said to Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah. Jehovah has not sent you, but you make this people to trust in a lie.
Jeremiah 29:31-32
Send to all the exiles, saying, So says Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite: Because Shemaiah has prophesied to you, and I did not send him, and he caused you to trust in a lie,
Ezekiel 13:22
Because with lies you have saddened the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad; and have made the hands of the wicked strong, so that he should not turn from his wicked way, by promising him life;
2 Thessalonians 2:8-10
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the breath of His mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of His coming,
1 Timothy 4:1-2
But the Spirit expressly says that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,
2 Peter 2:1-3
But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who secretly will bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing on themselves swift destruction.
Revelation 19:20
And the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet doing signs before it, (by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast), and those who had worshiped his image. The two were thrown alive into the Lake of Fire burning with brimstone.
Revelation 21:8
But the fearful, and the unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, will have their part in the Lake burning with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.
Revelation 22:15
But outside are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and everyone who loves and makes a lie.