Proverbs 21:28

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

📖 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 speaketh lies shall not escape.
• Prov 19:9 : 9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
• Prov 25:18 : 18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
• Acts 12:15 : 15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
• 2 Cor 1:17-20 : 17 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? 18 But as God is true, our word toward you was 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 Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea. 20 For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
• 2 Cor 4:13 : 13 {G1161} We having the same spirit of faith, according as it is written, I believed, and therefore have I spoken; we also believe, and therefore speak;
• Titus 3:8 : 8 This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable{(G5624)} unto men.
• Exod 23:1 : 1 Thou shalt not raise a false report: put not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness.
• Deut 19:16-19 : 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.
• Prov 6:19 : 19 A false witness that speaketh 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.