Proverbs 19:5 Parallel Translations
NASB: A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will not escape. (NASB ©1995)
GWT: A lying witness will not go unpunished. One who tells lies will not escape.(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
ASV: A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
BBE: A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.
DBY: A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
ERV: A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
JPS: A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that breatheth forth lies shall not escape.
WBS: A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
WEB: A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
YLT: A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.
Proverbs 19:5 Cross References
XREF:Exodus 23:1 "You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a malicious witness.

Deuteronomy 19:16 "If a malicious witness rises up against a man to accuse him of wrongdoing,

Proverbs 6:19 A false witness who utters lies, And one who spreads strife among brothers.

Proverbs 19:9 A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will perish.

Proverbs 21:28 A false witness will perish, But the man who listens to the truth will speak forever. (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
MHC: 19:3. Men run into troubles by their own folly, and then fret at the appointments of God. 4. Here we may see how strong is men's love of money. 5. Those that tell lies in discourse, are in a fair way to be guilty of bearing false-witness. 6. We are without excuse if we do not love God with all our hearts. His gifts to us are past number, and all the gifts of men to us are fruits of his bounty. 7. Christ was left by all his disciples; but the Father was with him. It encourages our faith that he had so large an experience of the sorrows of poverty. 8. Those only love their souls aright that get true wisdom. 9. Lying is a damning, destroying sin. 10. A man that has not wisdom and grace, has no right or title to true joy. It is very unseemly for one who is a servant to sin, to oppress God's free-men.
CONC:FALSE Breather Breatheth Deceit Delivered Escape Forth Free Held Innocent Lies Pours Punishment Speaketh Tells Unpunished Uttereth Utters Witness
PREV:Acquitted Breather Breatheth Deceit Escape Forth Free Held Innocent Lies Pours Punishment Speaketh Tells Unpunished Uttereth Utters Witness
NEXT:Acquitted Breather Breatheth Deceit Escape Forth Free Held Innocent Lies Pours Punishment Speaketh Tells Unpunished Uttereth Utters Witness
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