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Contemporary English Version
Proverbs 19:5
Dishonest witnesses and liars won't escape punishment.
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Christian Standard Bible®
A false witness will not go unpunished,and one who utters lies will not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished,and one who utters lies will not escape.
Hebrew Names Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
King James Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
English Standard Version
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape.
New American Standard Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished, And one who declares lies will not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished, And one who declares lies will not escape.
New Century Version
A witness who lies will not go free; liars will never escape.
A witness who lies will not go free; liars will never escape.
Amplified Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who breathes out lies will not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who breathes out lies will not escape.
World English Bible
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
Geneva Bible (1587)
A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall not escape.
A false witnes shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shall not escape.
Legacy Standard Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished,And he who breathes out lies will not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished,And he who breathes out lies will not escape.
Berean Standard Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
Complete Jewish Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished; whoever breathes out lies will not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished; whoever breathes out lies will not escape.
Darby Translation
A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
Easy-to-Read Version
A witness who lies will be punished; that liar will not escape.
A witness who lies will be punished; that liar will not escape.
George Lamsa Translation
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who speaks lies shall not escape.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who speaks lies shall not escape.
Good News Translation
If you tell lies in court, you will be punished—there will be no escape.
If you tell lies in court, you will be punished—there will be no escape.
Lexham English Bible
A witness of falsehood will not go unpunished, and he who breathes lies will not escape.
A witness of falsehood will not go unpunished, and he who breathes lies will not escape.
Literal Translation
A false witness shall not be acquitted; yea, a breather of lies shall not escape.
A false witness shall not be acquitted; yea, a breather of lies shall not escape.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
A false wytnesse shal not remayne vnpunyshed, and he that speaketh lyes shal not escape.
A false wytnesse shal not remayne vnpunyshed, and he that speaketh lyes shal not escape.
American Standard Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
Bible in Basic English
A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.
A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that breatheth forth lies shall not escape.
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that breatheth forth lies shall not escape.
King James Version (1611)
A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shal not escape.
A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes, shal not escape.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall not escape.
A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished: and he that speaketh lyes shall not escape.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that accuses unjustly shall not escape.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that accuses unjustly shall not escape.
English Revised Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A fals witnesse schal not be vnpunyschid; and he that spekith leesingis, schal not ascape.
A fals witnesse schal not be vnpunyschid; and he that spekith leesingis, schal not ascape.
Update Bible Version
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that utters lies shall not escape.
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that utters lies shall not escape.
Webster's Bible Translation
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall not escape.
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall not escape.
New English Translation
A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will not escape punishment.
New King James Version
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who speaks lies will not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who speaks lies will not escape.
New Living Translation
A false witness will not go unpunished, nor will a liar escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished, nor will a liar escape.
New Life Bible
A man who tells lies about someone will be punished. He who tells lies will not get away.
A man who tells lies about someone will be punished. He who tells lies will not get away.
New Revised Standard
A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will not escape.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A false witness, shall not be held innocent, and, he that uttereth lies, shall not escape.
A false witness, shall not be held innocent, and, he that uttereth lies, shall not escape.
Douay-Rheims Bible
A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall not escape.
A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies, shall not escape.
Revised Standard Version
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who utters lies will not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who utters lies will not escape.
Young's Literal Translation
A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.
A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.
THE MESSAGE
Perjury won't go unpunished. Would you let a liar go free?
Perjury won't go unpunished. Would you let a liar go free?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will not escape.
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will not escape.
Contextual Overview
5 Dishonest witnesses and liars won't escape punishment.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
false: Proverbs 19:9, Proverbs 6:19, Proverbs 21:28, Exodus 23:1, Deuteronomy 19:16-21, Psalms 120:3, Psalms 120:4, Daniel 6:24
unpunished: Heb. held innocent, Deuteronomy 5:11, 1 Kings 2:9
Reciprocal: Genesis 39:17 - General Deuteronomy 5:20 - General Deuteronomy 19:19 - Then shall Judges 11:13 - Because Israel 1 Samuel 22:9 - Doeg 1 Kings 21:13 - the men of Belial Psalms 52:5 - God Proverbs 12:17 - but Proverbs 14:5 - General Proverbs 24:28 - not Ecclesiastes 10:12 - but Ezekiel 17:15 - shall he escape Daniel 11:32 - shall be Hosea 10:13 - eaten Revelation 21:8 - and all
Cross-References
Genesis 19:23
The sun was coming up as Lot reached the town of Zoar,
The sun was coming up as Lot reached the town of Zoar,
Genesis 19:24
and the Lord sent burning sulfur down like rain on Sodom and Gomorrah.
and the Lord sent burning sulfur down like rain on Sodom and Gomorrah.
Genesis 19:26
On the way, Lot's wife looked back and was turned into a block of salt.
On the way, Lot's wife looked back and was turned into a block of salt.
Genesis 19:27
That same morning Abraham got up and went to the place where he had stood and spoken with the Lord .
That same morning Abraham got up and went to the place where he had stood and spoken with the Lord .
Leviticus 18:22
It is disgusting for a man to have sex with another man.
It is disgusting for a man to have sex with another man.
Leviticus 20:13
It's disgusting for men to have sex with one another, and those who do will be put to death, just as they deserve.
It's disgusting for men to have sex with one another, and those who do will be put to death, just as they deserve.
Judges 19:22
They were having a good time, when some worthless men of that town surrounded the house and started banging on the door and shouting, "A man came to your house tonight. Send him out, so we can have sex with him!"
They were having a good time, when some worthless men of that town surrounded the house and started banging on the door and shouting, "A man came to your house tonight. Send him out, so we can have sex with him!"
Isaiah 1:9
Zion would have disappeared like Sodom and Gomorrah, if the Lord All-Powerful had not let a few of its people survive.
Zion would have disappeared like Sodom and Gomorrah, if the Lord All-Powerful had not let a few of its people survive.
Isaiah 3:9
The look on your faces shows that you are sinful as Sodom, and you don't try to hide it. You are in for trouble, and you have brought it all on yourselves.
The look on your faces shows that you are sinful as Sodom, and you don't try to hide it. You are in for trouble, and you have brought it all on yourselves.
Jeremiah 3:3
So I, the Lord , refused to let the spring rains fall. But just like a prostitute, you still have no shame for what you have done.
So I, the Lord , refused to let the spring rains fall. But just like a prostitute, you still have no shame for what you have done.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A false witness shall not be unpunished,.... He that bears false witness against his neighbour in an open court of judicature; though be may not be detected by men, and so escape the punishment due to such offenders by the laws of God and men; yet God, who knows all hearts and actions, will not suffer him to go with impunity; if not punished in this world, he shall be in the world to come; for bearing false witness, or perjury, is a grievous offence to God;
and [he that] speaketh lies shall not escape; even he that useth himself to lying in private conversation shall not escape the reproach of men; for nothing is more scandalous than lying; nor the wrath of God, such shall have their portion in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, Revelation 21:8.
