WEB
A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.
BSB
A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.
KJV
An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
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
H1100
n-m — without profit, worthlessness, destruction, wickedness
Derivation: from 1097 and 3276;(often in connection with 376, 802, 1121, etc.)
without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness
KJV: Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.
n.[m.] — worthlessness
בְּלִיַּ֫עַל 27 n.[m.] worthlessness
1. abstr.
2. concr. elliptical
3. ruin, destruction
H3887
v — make mouths at, scoff, interpret, intercede
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede
KJV: ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher.
vb — scorn
[לִיץ] vb. scorn
Qal scorn
Hiph.
1. deride
2. Pt. interpreter
Po‛lel scorners
Hithp. act as a scorner, shew oneself a mocker
H4941
n-m — verdict, sentence, law, justice, right, privilege, style
Derivation: from 8199;
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV: adversary, ceremony, charge, × crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, × worthy, wrong.
n.m — judgment
מִשְׁפָּט 422 n.m. judgment
1. judgment
2. justice, right, rectitude
3. ordinance
4. decision
5. one's (legal) right, privilege, due
6.
a. proper, fitting, measure
b. custom, manner
c. what manner of
d. plan
H6310
n-m — mouth, blowing, speech, edge, portion, side, according to
Derivation: from 6284;
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), × eat, edge, end, entry, file, hole, × in, mind, mouth, part, portion, × (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, × spoken, talk, tenor, × to, two-edged, wish, word.
n.m — mouth
פֶּה 485 n.m. mouth
1.
a. mouth, of man, organ of eating and drinking
b. external organ
2.
a. much oftener, as organ of speech, of man
b. as laughing; panting
c. of God
d. of idols
e. of musical instr. = sound
3. of animals; hence of edge of sword
4. mouth = opening, orifice
5.
a. extremity, end
b. = portion
6. with preps.
H7563
a — wrong, bad
Derivation: from 7561;
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
KJV: condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
adj — wicked
רָשָׁע 263 adj. wicked, criminal
H1104
v — make away with, swallowing, destroy
Derivation: a primitive root;
to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
KJV: cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
vb — swallow down
בָּלַע vb. swallow down, swallow up, engulf
Qal
1. swallow down
2. swallow up, engulf
Niph. swallowed up, i.e. devastated
Pi.
1. swallow
2. swallow up, engulf
Pu. be swallowed up
Hithp. their wisdom is all gone, ‘they are at their wit’s end’
H205
n-m — nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, idol
Derivation: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught);
strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
KJV: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.
n.m — Aven
אָ֫וֶן 85 n.m. trouble, sorrow, wickedness
1. trouble, sorrow
2. idolatry
3. trouble of iniquity, wickedness
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Verse 28
Proverbs 19:28
Here is a description of the worst of sinners, whose hearts are fully set in them to do evil. 1. They set that at defiance which would deter and detain them from sin: An ungodly witness is one that bears false witness against his neighbour, and will forswear himself to do another a mischief, in which there is not only great injustice, but great impiety; this is one of the worst of men. Or an ungodly witness is one that profanely and atheistically witnesses against religion and godliness, whose instructions seduce from the words of knowledge (Pro 19:27); such a one scorns judgment, laughs at the terrors of the Lord, mocks at that fear, Job 15:26. Tell him of law and equity, that the scriptures and an oath are sacred things, and not to be jested with, that there will come a reckoning day; he laughs at it all, and scorns to heed it. 2. They are greedy, and glad of that which gives them an opportunity to sin: The mouth of the wicked eagerly devours iniquity, drinks it in like water, Job 15:16.
Cross-references: Prov 19:27 · Job 15:26 · Job 15:16