Proverbs 19:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth 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 more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
• Job 34:7 : 7 What man is like Job, who drinketh up scorning 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 forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
• 1 Kgs 21:10 : 10 And set two men, sons of Belial, before him, to bear witness against him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme God and the king. And then carry him out, and stone him, that he may die.
• 1 Kgs 21:13 : 13 And there came in two men, children of Belial, and sat before him: and the men of Belial witnessed against him, even against Naboth, in the presence of the people, saying, Naboth did blaspheme God and the king. Then they carried him forth out of the city, and stoned him with stones, that he died.
• Ps 10:5 : 5 His ways are always grievous; thy judgments are far above out of his sight: as for all his enemies, he puffeth at them.
• Ps 10:11 : 11 He hath said 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 foolishness.
• Isa 28:14-18 : 14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell 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 GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste. 17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to 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 disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
• Hos 4:8 : 8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
• Luke 18:2-4 : 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: 3 And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man;
• Acts 6:11-13 : 11 Then they suborned men, which 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 caught him, and brought him to the council, 13 And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law: