Proverbs 19:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

A worthless witness mocketh at justice; And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֵ֣ד בְּ֭לִיַּעַל יָלִ֣יץ מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וּפִ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים יְבַלַּע־אָֽוֶן׃

Transliteration

ʿēd bəliyyaʿal yālîṣ mišpāṭ and pî rəšāʿîm yəballaʿ-ʾāwen.

Grammar Details

• *ʿēd*: noun, masculine singular - witness
• *bəliyyaʿal*: noun, masculine singular - worthlessness/wickedness
• *yālîṣ*: verb, hiphil imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - mocks/scorns
• *mišpāṭ*: noun, masculine singular - justice/judgment
• *pî*: noun, masculine singular construct - mouth of
• *rəšāʿîm*: adjective, masculine plural - wicked
• *yəballaʿ*: verb, piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - swallows/devours
• *ʾāwen*: noun, masculine singular - iniquity/wickedness

Word Meanings

• *ʿēd*: witness/testimony
• *bəliyyaʿal*: worthlessness/wickedness/destruction
• *yālîṣ*: mocks/scorns/derides
• *mišpāṭ*: justice/judgment/ordinance
• *pî*: mouth of/opening of
• *rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evildoers
• *yəballaʿ*: swallows/devours/engulfs
• *ʾāwen*: iniquity/wickedness/trouble

Referenced Verses

• Job 15:16 : 16 How much less one that is abominable and corrupt, A man that drinketh iniquity like water!
• Job 34:7 : 7 What man is like Job, Who drinketh up scoffing like water,
• Job 20:12-13 : 12 Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue, 13 Though he spare it, and will not let it go, But keep it still within his mouth;
• 1 Kgs 21:10 : 10 and set two men, base fellows, before him, and let them bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst curse God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him to death.
• 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And the two men, the base fellows, came in and sat before him: and the base fellows bare witness against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did curse God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him to death with stones.
• Ps 10:5 : 5 His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
• Ps 10:11 : 11 He saith in his heart, God hath forgotten; He hideth his face; he will never see it.
• Prov 15:14 : 14 The heart of him that hath understanding seeketh knowledge; But the mouth of fools feedeth on folly.
• Isa 28:14-18 : 14 Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem: 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with Sheol are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us; for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves: 16 therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious [corner-] [stone] of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not be in haste. 17 And I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place. 18 And your covenant with death shall be annulled, and your agreement with Sheol shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
• Hos 4:8 : 8 They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
• Luke 18:2-4 : 2 saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God, and regarded not man: 3 and there was a widow in that city; and she came oft unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, {G2532} Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
• Acts 6:11-13 : 11 Then they suborned men, who said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God. 12 And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and seized him, and brought him into the council, 13 and set up false witnesses, who said, This man ceaseth not to speak {G989} words against this holy place, and the law: