Proverbs 19:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֵ֣ד שְׁ֭קָרִים לֹ֣א יִנָּקֶ֑ה וְיָפִ֥יחַ כְּ֝זָבִ֗ים לֹ֣א יִמָּלֵֽט׃

Transliteration

ʿēd šəqārîm not yinnāqeh and yāpîaḥ kəzābîm not yimmālēṭ.

Grammar Details

*ʿēd*: noun, masculine singular - witness
*šəqārîm*: noun, masculine plural - lies/falsehoods
*yinnāqeh*: verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will be unpunished/acquitted
*yāpîaḥ*: verb, hiphil participle, masculine singular - breathing out/uttering
*kəzābîm*: noun, masculine plural - lies/falsehoods
*yimmālēṭ*: verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - will escape/be delivered

Word Meanings

*ʿēd*: witness/testimony
*šəqārîm*: lies/falsehoods/deceptions
*yinnāqeh*: will be unpunished/will go free/will be acquitted
*yāpîaḥ*: one who breathes out/utters/speaks
*kəzābîm*: lies/falsehoods/deceptions
*yimmālēṭ*: will escape/will be delivered/will get away

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Exod 23:1 : 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
Prov 21:28 : 28 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
Prov 6:19 : 19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
Dan 6:24 : 24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
Deut 5:11 : 11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain: for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.
Deut 19:16-21 : 16 If a false witness rise up against any man to testify against him that which is wrong; 17 Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges, which shall be in those days; 18 And the judges shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother; 19 Then shall ye do unto him, as he had thought to have done unto his brother: so shalt thou put the evil away from among you. 20 And those which remain shall hear, and fear, and shall henceforth commit no more any such evil among you. 21 And thine eye shall not pity; but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
1 Kgs 2:9 : 9 Now therefore hold him not guiltless: for thou art a wise man, and knowest what thou oughtest to do unto him; but his hoar head bring thou down to the grave with blood.
Ps 120:3-4 : 3 What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue? 4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with coals of juniper.

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