Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will not go free. New Living Translation A false witness will not go unpunished, nor will a liar escape. English Standard Version A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape. Berean Standard Bible A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape. King James Bible A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. New King James Version A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who speaks lies will not escape. New American Standard Bible A false witness will not go unpunished, And one who declares lies will not escape. NASB 1995 A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will not escape. NASB 1977 A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will not escape. Legacy Standard Bible A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who breathes out lies will not escape. Amplified Bible A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who breathes out lies will not escape. Christian Standard Bible A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape. Holman Christian Standard Bible A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape. American Standard Version A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape. Aramaic Bible in Plain English A false witness will not be spared and he that speaks falsehood will not be saved. Brenton Septuagint Translation A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that accuses unjustly shall not escape. Contemporary English Version Dishonest witnesses and liars won't escape punishment. Douay-Rheims Bible A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. English Revised Version A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that uttereth lies shall not escape. GOD'S WORD® Translation A lying witness will not go unpunished. One who tells lies will not escape. Good News Translation If you tell lies in court, you will be punished--there will be no escape. International Standard Version A witness to lies will not go unpunished; the teller of falsehoods will not escape. JPS Tanakh 1917 A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that breatheth forth lies shall not escape. Literal Standard Version A false witness is not acquitted, | Whoever breathes out lies is not delivered. Majority Standard Bible A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape. New American Bible The false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever utters lies will not escape. NET Bible A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment. New Revised Standard Version A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will not escape. New Heart English Bible A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free. Webster's Bible Translation A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. World English Bible A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free. Young's Literal Translation A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Man of Integrity…4Wealth attracts many friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend. 5A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape. 6Many seek the favor of the prince, and everyone is a friend of the gift giver.… Cross References Exodus 23:1 "You shall not spread a false report. Do not join the wicked by being a malicious witness. Deuteronomy 19:16 If a false witness testifies against someone, accusing him of a crime, Deuteronomy 19:19 you must do to him as he intended to do to his brother. So you must purge the evil from among you. 1 Kings 13:18 Then the prophet replied, "I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, 'Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.'" The old prophet was lying to him, Psalm 56:7 In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations. Proverbs 6:19 a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers. Proverbs 14:5 An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies. Treasury of Scripture A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall not escape. FALSE Proverbs 19:9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. Proverbs 6:19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Proverbs 21:28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. unpunished or held innocent Deuteronomy 5:11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. 1 Kings 2:9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood. Jump to Previous Acquitted Breather Breatheth Deceit Escape Forth Free Held Innocent Lies Pours Punishment Speaketh Tells Unpunished Uttereth Utters WitnessJump to Next Acquitted Breather Breatheth Deceit Escape Forth Free Held Innocent Lies Pours Punishment Speaketh Tells Unpunished Uttereth Utters WitnessProverbs 19 1. Life and ConductVerse 5. - This verse is repeated below (ver. 9). It comes in awkwardly here, interrupting the connection which subsists between vers. 4 and 6. Its right place is doubtless where it occurs below. The Law not only strictly forbade false witness (Exodus 20:16; Exodus 23:1), but it enacted severe penalties against offenders in this particular (Deuteronomy 19:16, etc.); the lex talionis was to be enforced against them, they were to receive no pity: "Life shall be for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot." He that speaketh lies shall not escape. The Septuagint confines the notion of this clause to false accusers, Ὁ δὲ ἐγκαλῶν ἀδίκως, "He who maketh an unjust charge shall not escape," which renders the two clauses almost synonymous. We make a distinction between the members by seeing in the former a denunciation against a false witness in a suit, and in the second a more sweeping menace against any one, whether accuser, slanderer, sycophant, who by lying injures a neighbour. The History of Susanna is brought forward in confirmation of the well deserved fate of false accusers. Ψευδὴς διαβολὴ τὸν βίον λυμαίνεται. "A slander is an outrage on man's life." Hebrew A falseשְׁ֭קָרִים (qā·rîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood witness עֵ֣ד (‘êḏ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5707: A witness, testimony, a recorder, prince will not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no go unpunished, יִנָּקֶ֑ה (yin·nā·qeh) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5352: To be, clean, to be bare, extirpated and one who utters וְיָפִ֥יחַ (wə·yā·p̄î·aḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6315: To puff, blow with the breath, air, to fan, to utter, to kindle, to scoff lies כְּ֝זָבִ֗ים (kə·zā·ḇîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3577: A lie, falsehood, deceptive thing will not לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no escape. יִמָּלֵֽט׃ (yim·mā·lêṭ) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks Links Proverbs 19:5 NIVProverbs 19:5 NLT Proverbs 19:5 ESV Proverbs 19:5 NASB Proverbs 19:5 KJV Proverbs 19:5 BibleApps.com Proverbs 19:5 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 19:5 Chinese Bible Proverbs 19:5 French Bible Proverbs 19:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 19:5 A false witness shall not be unpunished (Prov. 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