Proverbs 12:17
WEB
He who is truthful testifies honestly, but a false witness lies.
BSB
He who speaks the truth declares what is right, but a false witness speaks deceit.
KJV
He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H6315
v — puff, blow with the breath, air, fan, utter, kindle, scoff
Derivation: a primitive root;
to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff
KJV: blow (upon), break, puff, bring into a snare, speak, utter.
vb — breathe
[פּוּחַ] vb. breathe, blow
Qal until the day breathes, i.e. grows cool
Hiph.
1. cause garden to exhale
2.
a. puff, snort, against
b. with the fire of my wrath will I blow against thee
c. excite, inflame city
d. puff = pant for it
3. breathe out, utter
H530
n-f — firmness, security, fidelity
Derivation: or (shortened) אֱמֻנָה; feminine of 529;
literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity
KJV: faith(-ful, -ly, -ness, (man)), set office, stability, steady, truly, truth, verily.
n.f — firmness
אֱמוּנָה n.f. firmness, steadfastness, fidelity
1. lit. firmness, steadiness
2. steadfastness
3. faithfulness, trust
H5046
v — front, manifest, announce, expose, predict, explain, praise
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
KJV: bewray, × certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, × fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, × surely, tell, utter.
vb — be conspicuous
[נָגַד] 363 vb. be conspicuous
Hiph. declare, tell
Hoph. be told, announced, reported
H6664
n-m — right, equity, prosperity
Derivation: from 6663;
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV: × even, (× that which is altogether) just(-ice), (un-)right(-eous) (cause, -ly, -ness).
n.m — rightness
צֶ֫דֶק n.m. rightness, righteousness
1. what is right, just, normal; rightness, justness, of weights and measures
2. righteousness, in government
3. righteousness, justice, in a case or cause
4. rightness, in speech
5. righteousness, as ethically right
6. righteousness, as vindicated, justification in controversy with enemies and troubles, deliverance, victory, prosperity
H5707
n-m — witness, testimony, recorder, prince
Derivation: contracted from 5749;
concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
KJV: witness.
n.m — witness
עֵד 69 n.m. witness (prob. fr. reiterating, hence emphatically affirming)
1. witness, testimony, evidence, of things
2. witness, a person
H8267
n-m — untruth, sham
Derivation: from 8266;
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
KJV: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
n.m — deception
שֶׁ֫קֶר 113 n.m. deception, disappointment, falsehood
1. deception, what deceives, disappoints, and betrays one
2. deceit, fraud, wrong
3. injurious falsehood, in testimony
4. falsity, of false or self-deceived prophets
5. lie, falsehood, in gen.
H4820
n-f — fraud
Derivation: from 7411 in the sense of deceiving;
fraud
KJV: craft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.
n.f — deceit
מִרְמָה n.f. deceit, treachery
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Verse 17
Proverbs 12:17
Here is, 1. A faithful witness commended for an honest man. He that makes conscience of speaking truth, and representing every thing fairly, to the best of his knowledge, whether in judgment or in common conversation, whether he be upon his oath or no, he shows forth righteousness; he makes it to appear that he is governed and actuated by the principles and laws of righteousness, and he promotes justice by doing honour to it and serving the administration of it. 2. A false witness condemned for a cheat; he shows forth deceit, not only how little conscience he makes of deceiving those he deals with, but how much pleasure he takes in it, and that he is possessed by a lying spirit, Jer 9:3-5. We are all concerned to possess ourselves with a dread and detestation of the sin of lying (Psa 119:163) and with a reigning principle of honesty.
Cross-references: Jer 9:3 · Ps 119:163