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Complete Jewish Bible

Proverbs 19:9

A false witness will not go unpunished; whoever breathes out lies will perish.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Falsehood;   False Teachers;   Thompson Chain Reference - False;   Falsehood;   Liars;   Truth-Falsehood;   Witnesses, False;   The Topic Concordance - Lying/lies;   Perishing;   Punishment;   Witness;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Lie, Lying;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Witness;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Crime;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A false witness will not go unpunished,and one who utters lies perishes.
Hebrew Names Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.
King James Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
English Standard Version
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.
New American Standard Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished, And one who declares lies will perish.
New Century Version
A witness who lies will not go free, liars will die.
Amplified Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who breathes lies will perish.
World English Bible
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who utters lies shall perish.
Geneva Bible (1587)
A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall perish.
Legacy Standard Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished,And he who breathes out lies will perish.
Berean Standard Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
Contemporary English Version
Dishonest witnesses and liars will be destroyed.
Darby Translation
A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall perish.
Easy-to-Read Version
A witness who lies will be punished. That liar will be destroyed.
George Lamsa Translation
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he who speaks lies shall perish.
Good News Translation
No one who tells lies in court can escape punishment; he is doomed.
Lexham English Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes lies will perish.
Literal Translation
A false witness shall not be acquitted; yea, he who speaks lies shall perish.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
A false wytnesse shal not remayne vnpunyshed, & he yt speaketh lyes shal perishe.
American Standard Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.
Bible in Basic English
A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will be cut off.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that breatheth forth lies shall perish.
King James Version (1611)
A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished, and hee that speaketh lyes, shall perish.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall perishe.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and whosoever shall kindle mischief shall perish by it.
English Revised Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that uttereth lies shall perish.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A fals witnesse schal not be vnpunyschid; and he that spekith leesyngis, schal perische.
Update Bible Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that utters lies shall perish.
Webster's Bible Translation
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.
New English Translation
A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will perish.
New King James Version
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who speaks lies shall perish.
New Living Translation
A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will be destroyed.
New Life Bible
A man who tells lies about someone will be punished. He who tells lies will be lost.
New Revised Standard
A false witness will not go unpunished, and the liar will perish.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A false witness, shall not be held innocent, and, he that uttereth lies, shall perish.
Douay-Rheims Bible
A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall perish.
Revised Standard Version
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who utters lies will perish.
Young's Literal Translation
A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.
THE MESSAGE
The person who tells lies gets caught; the person who spreads rumors is ruined.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will perish.

Contextual Overview

9 A false witness will not go unpunished; whoever breathes out lies will perish.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

false: Proverbs 19:5

and: Isaiah 9:15-17, Jeremiah 23:25-32, Jeremiah 28:15-17, Jeremiah 29:31, Jeremiah 29:32, Ezekiel 13:22, 2 Thessalonians 2:8-10, 1 Timothy 4:1, 1 Timothy 4:2, 2 Peter 2:1-3, Revelation 19:20, Revelation 21:8, Revelation 22:15

Reciprocal: Genesis 39:17 - General Exodus 23:1 - an unrighteous witness Deuteronomy 5:20 - General Deuteronomy 19:19 - Then shall Judges 11:13 - Because Israel 2 Samuel 19:6 - thou regardest 1 Kings 21:13 - the men of Belial Psalms 34:13 - speaking Psalms 52:5 - God Psalms 120:4 - arrows Proverbs 6:19 - A false Proverbs 12:19 - but Proverbs 14:5 - General Proverbs 21:28 - false witness Proverbs 24:28 - not

Cross-References

Genesis 11:6
Adonai said, "Look, the people are united, they all have a single language, and see what they're starting to do! At this rate, nothing they set out to accomplish will be impossible for them!
Genesis 13:12
Avram lived in the land of Kena‘an; and Lot lived in the cities of the plain, setting up his tent near S'dom.
Genesis 19:7
and said, "Please, my brothers, don't do such a wicked thing.
Genesis 19:8
Look here, I have two daughters who are virgins. Please, let me bring them out to you, and you can do with them what seems good to you; but don't do anything to these men, since they are guests in my house."
Genesis 19:19
Here, your servant has already found favor in your sight, and you have shown me even greater mercy by saving my life. But I can't escape to the hills, because I'm afraid the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
Genesis 19:22
Hurry, and escape to that place, because I can't do anything until you arrive there." For this reason the city was named Tzo‘ar [small].
Genesis 19:26
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a column of salt.
Genesis 19:28
and looked out toward S'dom and ‘Amora, scanning the entire plain. There before him the smoke was rising from the land like smoke from a furnace!
Exodus 2:14
He retorted, "Who appointed you ruler and judge over us? Do you intend to kill me the way you killed the Egyptian?" Moshe became frightened. "Clearly," he thought, "the matter has become known."
1 Samuel 2:16
If the man answered, "First let the fat burn to smoke, then take as much as you want," he would say, "No, give it to me now, or I'll take it by force."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

A false witness shall not be unpunished,....

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and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish; or "be lost", shall be undone for ever; he shall not enter into the holy city, but have his part in the lake of fire: they that speak lies in hypocrisy, doctrinal ones, and are given up to believe and profess them, such shall be damned, 2 Thessalonians 2:11.


 
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