Proverbs 21:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

A false witness shall perish; But the man that heareth shall speak so as to endure.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֵד־כְּזָבִ֥ים יֹאבֵ֑ד וְאִ֥ישׁ שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗עַ לָנֶ֥צַח יְדַבֵּֽר

Transliteration

ʿēd-kĕzāḇîm yōʾḇēd and-ʾîš šômēaʿ to-neṣaḥ yĕdabbēr

Grammar Details

• *ʿēd*: construct masculine singular noun - witness of
• *kĕzāḇîm*: masculine plural noun - lies
• *yōʾḇēd*: 3rd masculine singular qal imperfect - he will perish
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man
• *šômēaʿ*: qal participle masculine singular - listening/hearing
• *neṣaḥ*: masculine singular noun - perpetuity/everlastingness
• *yĕdabbēr*: 3rd masculine singular piel imperfect - he will speak

Word Meanings

• *ʿēd*: witness/testimony
• *kĕzāḇîm*: lies/falsehoods
• *yōʾḇēd*: will perish/will be destroyed
• *šômēaʿ*: listening/hearing/attentive
• *neṣaḥ*: perpetuity/forever/enduringly
• *yĕdabbēr*: will speak/will talk/will testify

Referenced Verses

• Prov 19:5 : 5 A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
• Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.
• Prov 25:18 : 18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor Is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
• Acts 12:15 : 15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she confidently affirmed that it was even so. And they said, It is his angel.
• 2 Cor 1:17-20 : 17 When I therefore was thus minded, did {G687} I show fickleness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the yea yea and the nay nay? 18 But as God is faithful, our word toward you is not yea and nay. 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, [even] by me and Silvanus and Timothy, was not yea and nay, but in him is yea. 20 For how many soever be the promises of God, in him is the yea: wherefore also through him is the Amen, unto the glory of God through us.
• 2 Cor 4:13 : 13 But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, I believed, and therefore did I speak; we also believe, and therefore also we speak;
• Titus 3:8 : 8 Faithful is the saying, and concerning these things I desire that thou affirm confidently, to the end that they who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men:
• Exod 23:1 : 1 Thou shalt not take up a false report: put not thy hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
• Deut 19:16-19 : 16 If an unrighteous witness rise up against any man to testify against him of wrong-doing, 17 then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges that shall be in those days; 18 and the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and have testified falsely against his brother; 19 then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to do unto his brother: so shalt thou put away the evil from the midst of thee.
• Prov 6:19 : 19 A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.
• Prov 12:19 : 19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever; But a lying tongue is but for a moment.