Proverbs 14:5
WEB
A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.
BSB
An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.
KJV
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
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
H529
n-m — established, trusty, trustworthiness
Derivation: from 539;
established, i.e. (figuratively) trusty; also (abstractly) trustworthiness
KJV: faith(-ful), truth.
n.[m.] — trusting
אֵמֻן n.[m.] trusting, faithfulness
H3808
adv — not, no
Derivation: or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle;
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
KJV: × before, or else, ere, except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (× as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, surely, as truly as, of a truth, verily, for want, whether, without.
adv — not
לֹא or לוֹא adv. not
H3576
v — lie, deceive
Derivation: a primitive root;
to lie (i.e. deceive), literally or figuratively
KJV: fail, (be found a, make a) liar, lie, lying, be in vain.
vb — lie
[כָּזַב] vb. lie, be a liar
Qal Pt.
Niph. his hope has been made deceptive
Pi.
1. lie, tell a lie
2. disappoint, fail
Hiph. who will make me a liar? i.e. prove me to be so
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
H3577
n-m — falsehood
Derivation: from 3576;
falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
KJV: deceitful, false, leasing, liar, lie, lying.
n.m — lie
כָּזָב n.m. lie, falsehood, deceptive thing
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.
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Verse 5
Proverbs 14:5
In the administration of justice much depends upon the witnesses, and therefore it is necessary to the common good that witnesses be principled as they ought to be; for, 1. A witness that is conscientious will not dare to give in a testimony that is in the least untrue, nor, for good-will or ill-will, represent a thing otherwise than according to the best of his knowledge, whoever is pleased or displeased, and then judgment runs down like a river. 2. But a witness that will be bribed, and biassed, and browbeaten, will utter lies (and not stick nor startle at it), with as much readiness and assurance as if what he said were all true.