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Proverbs 19:9
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that utters lies shall perish.
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Christian Standard Bible®
A false witness will not go unpunished,and one who utters lies perishes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dishonest witnesses and liars will be destroyed.
Complete Jewish Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished; whoever breathes out lies will perish.
A false witness will not go unpunished; whoever breathes out lies will perish.
Darby Translation
A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall perish.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A fals witnesse schal not be vnpunyschid; and he that spekith leesyngis, schal perische.
Webster's Bible Translation
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall perish.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will perish.
Contextual Overview
9 A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that utters lies shall 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
And Yahweh said, Look, they are one people, and they all have one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withheld from them, which they purpose to do.
And Yahweh said, Look, they are one people, and they all have one language; and this is what they begin to do: and now nothing will be withheld from them, which they purpose to do.
Genesis 13:12
Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the Plain, and moved his tent as far as Sodom.
Genesis 19:7
And he said, I pray you, my brothers, don't act so wickedly.
And he said, I pray you, my brothers, don't act so wickedly.
Genesis 19:8
Look now, I have two daughters that haven't had sex with a man; let me, I pray you, bring them out to you, and do to them as is good in your eyes: only to these men do nothing, since they have come under the shadow of my roof.
Look now, I have two daughters that haven't had sex with a man; let me, I pray you, bring them out to you, and do to them as is good in your eyes: only to these men do nothing, since they have come under the shadow of my roof.
Genesis 19:19
now see that your slave has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving-kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life; and I can't escape to the mountain, or else evil will overtake me, and I will die:
now see that your slave has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving-kindness, which you have shown to me in saving my life; and I can't escape to the mountain, or else evil will overtake me, and I will die:
Genesis 19:22
Hurry, escape there; for I can't do anything until you have come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Hurry, escape there; for I can't do anything until you have come there. Therefore the name of the city was called Zoar.
Genesis 19:26
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
But his wife looked back from behind him, and she became a pillar of salt.
Genesis 19:28
and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and over the whole surface of the land (of the [Jordan] valley), and looked, and saw that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and over the whole surface of the land (of the [Jordan] valley), and looked, and saw that the smoke of the land went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Exodus 2:14
And he said, Who made you as a man, a prince and a judge over us? Do you think to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.
And he said, Who made you as a man, a prince and a judge over us? Do you think to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely the thing is known.
1 Samuel 2:16
And if the man said to him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as your soul desires; then he would say, No, but you shall give it to me now: and if not, I will take it by force.
And if the man said to him, They will surely burn the fat first, and then take as much as your soul desires; then he would say, No, but you shall give it to me now: and if not, I will 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.
