Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version a false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in the community. New Living Translation a false witness who pours out lies, a person who sows discord in a family. English Standard Version a false witness who breathes out lies, and one who sows discord among brothers. Berean Standard Bible a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers. King James Bible A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. New King James Version A false witness who speaks lies, And one who sows discord among brethren. New American Standard Bible A false witness who declares lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers. NASB 1995 A false witness who utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers. NASB 1977 A false witness who utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers. Legacy Standard Bible A false witness who breathes out lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers. Amplified Bible A false witness who breathes out lies [even half-truths], And one who spreads discord (rumors) among brothers. Christian Standard Bible a lying witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up trouble among brothers. Holman Christian Standard Bible a lying witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up trouble among brothers. American Standard Version A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren. Aramaic Bible in Plain English A false witness who speaks lies and deception among brothers. Brenton Septuagint Translation An unjust witness kindles falsehoods, and brings on quarrels between brethren. Contemporary English Version those who tell lies in court or stir up trouble in a family. Douay-Rheims Bible A deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren. English Revised Version A false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. GOD'S WORD® Translation a dishonest witness spitting out lies, and a person who spreads conflict among relatives. International Standard Version a false witness snorting lies, and someone sowing quarrels between brothers. JPS Tanakh 1917 A false witness that breatheth out lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren. Literal Standard Version A false witness [who] breathes out lies, | And one sending forth contentions between brothers. Majority Standard Bible a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers. New American Bible The false witness who utters lies, and the one who sows discord among kindred. NET Bible a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members. New Revised Standard Version a lying witness who testifies falsely, and one who sows discord in a family. New Heart English Bible a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers. Webster's Bible Translation A false witness that speaketh lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren. World English Bible a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers. Young's Literal Translation A false witness who doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Warnings Against Foolishness…18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, 19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers. Cross References Psalm 27:12 Do not hand me over to the will of my foes, for false witnesses rise up against me, breathing out violence. Proverbs 6:14 With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord. Proverbs 12:17 He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit. Proverbs 14:5 An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies. Proverbs 19:5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape. Proverbs 19:9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish. Proverbs 21:28 A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever. Treasury of Scripture A false witness that speaks lies, and he that sows discord among brothers. a false Psalm 12:2,3 They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak… Psalm 19:5,9 Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race… Psalm 25:18 Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins. that soweth Proverbs 6:14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. Proverbs 16:28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. Proverbs 22:10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease. Jump to Previous Breathes Breatheth Breathing Contentions Discord Dissension Forth Lies Pours Sending Soweth Sows Speaketh Spreads Stirs Strife Untrue Uttereth Utters Violent Witness WordsJump to Next Breathes Breatheth Breathing Contentions Discord Dissension Forth Lies Pours Sending Soweth Sows Speaketh Spreads Stirs Strife Untrue Uttereth Utters Violent Witness WordsProverbs 6 1. against indebtedness6. idleness 12. and mischievousness 16. seven things detestable to God 20. the blessings of obedience 25. the mischief of unfaithfulness Verse 19. - The sixth thing is perjury. A false witness that speaketh lies; literally, he that breathes out, or utters, lies as a false witness. So the Vulgate, proferentem mendacia testem fallacem. The Hebrew puakh is "to breathe," "to blow," and in the hiph. form, which is used here (yaphiakh, hiph. future), it is "to blow out" or" utter," either in a bad sense, as in the present instance, and in Proverbs 6:19; Proverbs 14:5; Proverbs 19:5, 9 (cf. Psalm 10:5; Psalm 12:5); or in a good sense, "to utter the truth," as in Proverbs 12:17. Lies; Hebrew k'zavim, plural of kazav, "falsehood," "lying" (cf. Proverbs 21:25). A false witness (Hebrew, ed-k'zavim), as in margin, "a witness of lies." The expression, "as a false witness," as it appears in the original, is explanatory, and indicates the particular aspect under which the speaking of lies is regarded. Lying in its more general sense has been already spoken of in ver. 17. The vice which is here noted as odious to God is expressly forbidden in the moral code, "Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbour" (Exodus 20:16). But this, though the chief, is only one view of the case. Perjury may be employed, not only in ruining the innocent, but also in screen-tog the guilty. "Much hurt," says Muffet, in loc., "doth the deceitful and lying witness, for he corrupteth the judge, oppresseth the innocent, suppresseth the truth, and in the courts of justice sinneth against his own soul and the Lord himself most grievously." "He that speaketh lies as a false witness," again, may be the vile instrument in the hands of unscrupulous and inexorable enemies, as those employed against our Lord and Stephen. Perjury, too, destroys the security of communities. The shipwreck of society which it occasions may be seen in the frightful misery which ensued when the system of delatores was not only countenanced, but encouraged under the Roman empire. Truly speaking, he that lies as a false witness must be hateful to God. And he that soweth discord among brethren; the seventh and last thing in the enumeration, but not, as Delitzsch holds, the ne plus ultra of all that is hated of God. It closes, as in ver. 14, the series, but with the addition "among brethren;" thus emphatically stigmatizing the conduct of that man as diabolical who destroys the harmony and unity of those who ought to live together in brotherly affection, and who disturbs the peace of communities. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew a falseשָׁ֑קֶר (šā·qer) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood witness עֵ֣ד (‘êḏ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5707: A witness, testimony, a recorder, prince who gives false כְּ֭זָבִים (kə·zā·ḇîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3577: A lie, falsehood, deceptive thing testimony, יָפִ֣יחַ (yā·p̄î·aḥ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6315: To puff, blow with the breath, air, to fan, to utter, to kindle, to scoff and one who stirs up וּמְשַׁלֵּ֥חַ (ū·mə·šal·lê·aḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out discord מְ֝דָנִ֗ים (mə·ḏā·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4090: A contest, quarrel among בֵּ֣ין (bên) Preposition Strong's 996: An interval, space between brothers. אַחִֽים׃ (’a·ḥîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 251: A brother, ) Links Proverbs 6:19 NIVProverbs 6:19 NLT Proverbs 6:19 ESV Proverbs 6:19 NASB Proverbs 6:19 KJV Proverbs 6:19 BibleApps.com Proverbs 6:19 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 6:19 Chinese Bible Proverbs 6:19 French Bible Proverbs 6:19 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 6:19 A false witness who utters lies (Prov. 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