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Proverbs 19:5

Context
NETBible

A false witness 1  will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out 2  lies will not escape punishment. 3 

XREF

Ex 23:1; De 5:11; De 19:16-21; 1Ki 2:9; Ps 120:3,4; Pr 6:19; Pr 19:9; Pr 21:28; Da 6:24

NET © Notes

tn Heb “a witness of lies.” This expression is an attributive genitive: “a lying witness” (cf. CEV “dishonest witnesses”). This is paralleled by “the one who pours out lies.”

tn Heb “breathes out”; NAB “utters”; NIV “pours out.”

tn Heb “will not escape” (so NAB, NASB); NIV “will not go free.” Here “punishment” is implied, and has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

sn This proverb is a general statement, because on occasion there are false witnesses who go unpunished in this life (e.g., Prov 6:19; 14:5, 25; 19:9). The Talmud affirms, “False witnesses are contemptible even to those who hire them” (b. Sanhedrin 29b).



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