Proverbs 21:28
Modern Translations
New International Version
A false witness will perish, but a careful listener will testify successfully.

New Living Translation
A false witness will be cut off, but a credible witness will be allowed to speak.

English Standard Version
A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears will endure.

Berean Study Bible
A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.

New American Standard Bible
A false witness will perish, But a person who listens will speak forever.

NASB 1995
A false witness will perish, But the man who listens to the truth will speak forever.

NASB 1977
A false witness will perish, But the man who listens to the truth will speak forever.

Amplified Bible
A false witness will perish, But a man who listens to the truth will speak forever and go unchallenged.

Christian Standard Bible
A lying witness will perish, but the one who listens will speak successfully.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A lying witness will perish, but the one who listens will speak successfully.

Contemporary English Version
If you tell lies in court, you are done for; only a reliable witness can do the job.

Good News Translation
The testimony of a liar is not believed, but the word of someone who thinks matters through is accepted.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
A lying witness will die, but a person who listens to advice will continue to speak.

International Standard Version
A false witness will perish, but whoever listens will testify successfully.

NET Bible
A lying witness will perish, but the one who reports accurately speaks forever.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

New King James Version
A false witness shall perish, But the man who hears him will speak endlessly.

King James 2000 Bible
A false witness shall perish: but the man that hears speaks constantly.

New Heart English Bible
A false witness will perish, and a man who listens speaks to eternity.

World English Bible
A false witness will perish, and a man who listens speaks to eternity.

American King James Version
A false witness shall perish: but the man that hears speaks constantly.

American Standard Version
A false witness shall perish; But the man that heareth shall speak so as to endure.

A Faithful Version
A false witness shall perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak unchallenged.

Darby Bible Translation
A lying witness shall perish; and a man that heareth shall speak constantly.

English Revised Version
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth shall speak unchallenged.

Webster's Bible Translation
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
A false witnes shall perish: but hee that heareth, speaketh continually.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
A false witnesse shall perishe: but a good man speaketh constantly what he hath hearde.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
A false wytnesse shal perishe, but he yt wilbe content to heare, shal allwaye haue power to speake himself.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
A false witness perishes, "" And an attentive man speaks forever.

Young's Literal Translation
A false witness doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh.

Smith's Literal Translation
A witness of lies shall perish: and a man hearing, shall speak clearly.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
A lying witness shall perish: an obedient man shall speak of victory.

Catholic Public Domain Version
A lying witness will perish. An obedient man shall speak of victory.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
A false witness will be destroyed and an attentive man speaks justly.

Lamsa Bible
A false witness shall perish; but an obedient man speaks truth.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
A false witness shall perish; But the man that obeyeth shall speak unchallenged.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A false witness shall perish; but an obedient man will speak cautiously.
















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