Parallel Verses

Youngs Literal Translation

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

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

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 Whoso is getting heart is loving his soul, He is keeping understanding to find good. 9 A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth. 10 Luxury is not comely for a fool, Much less for a servant to rule among princes.



Cross References

Proverbs 19:5

A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.

Isaiah 9:15-17

Elder, and accepted of face, he is the head, Prophet, teacher of falsehood, he is the tail.

Jeremiah 23:25-32

I have heard that which the prophets said, Who prophesy in My name falsehood, saying, 'I have dreamed, I have dreamed.'

Jeremiah 28:15-17

And Jeremiah the prophet saith unto Hananiah the prophet, 'Hear, I pray thee, O Hananiah; Jehovah hath not sent thee, and thou hast caused this people to trust on falsehood.

Jeremiah 29:31-32

Send unto all the removal, saying, Thus said Jehovah concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite, Because that Shemaiah prophesied to you, and I -- I have not sent him, and he doth cause you to trust on falsehood,

Ezekiel 13:22

Because of paining the heart of the righteous with falsehood, And I have not pained it, And strengthening the hands of the wicked, So as not to turn back from his evil way, To keep him alive,

2 Thessalonians 2:8-10

and then shall be revealed the Lawless One, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the manifestation of his presence,

1 Timothy 4:1-2

And the Spirit expressly speaketh, that in latter times shall certain fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and teachings of demons,

2 Peter 2:1-3

And there did come also false prophets among the people, as also among you there shall be false teachers, who shall bring in besides destructive sects, and the Master who bought them denying, bringing to themselves quick destruction,

Revelation 19:20

and the beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who did the signs before him, in which he led astray those who did receive the mark of the beast, and those who did bow before his image; living they were cast -- the two -- to the lake of the fire, that is burning with brimstone;

Revelation 21:8

and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part is in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'

Revelation 22:15

and without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the whoremongers, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one who is loving and is doing a lie.

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