Proverbs 19:5
WEB
A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.
BSB
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape.
KJV
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.
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
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.
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
H5352
v — be, make, clean, be bare, extirpated
Derivation: a primitive root;
to be (or make) clean (literally or figuratively); by implication (in an adverse sense) to be bare, i.e. extirpated
KJV: acquit × at all, × altogether, be blameless, cleanse, (be) clear(-ing), cut off, be desolate, be free, be (hold) guiltless, be (hold) innocent, × by no means, be quit, be (leave) unpunished, × utterly, × wholly.
vb — be empty
[נָקָה] vb. be empty(?), clean
Qal Inf. Abs.
Niph.
1. be cleaned out
2. be clean, free from guilt, innocent
3. be free, exempt from punishment
4. free, exempt from obligation
Pi.
1. hold innocent, acquit
2. leave unpunished
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
H4422
v — be smooth, escape, release, rescue, bring forth young, emit sparks
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
KJV: deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, × speedily, × surely.
vb — slip away
[מָלַט] vb. slip away (not in Qal)
Niph.
1. slip away
2. escape
3. pass. be delivered
Pi.
1. lay (eggs)
2. let escape
3. deliver
Hiph.
1. give birth to a male child
2. deliver
Hithp.
1. slip forth, escape (sparks of fire from jaws of crocodile)
2. escape
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Verse 5
Proverbs 19:5
Here we have, 1. The sins threatened - bearing false witness in judgment and speaking lies in common conversation. Men could not arrive at such a pitch of impiety as to bear false witness (where to the guilt of a lie is added that of perjury and injury) if they had not advanced to it by allowing themselves to speak untruths in jest and banter, or under pretence of doing good. Thus men teach their tongues to speak lies, Jer 9:5. Those that will take a liberty to tell lies in discourse are in a fair way to be guilty of the greater wickedness of false-witness-bearing, whenever they are tempted to it, though they seemed to detest it. Those that can swallow a false word debauch their consciences, so that a false oath will not choke them. 2. The threatening itself: They shall not go unpunished; they shall not escape. This intimates that that which emboldens them in the sin is the hope of impunity, it being a sin which commonly escapes punishment from men, though the law is strict, Deu 19:18, Deu 19:19. But it shall not escape the righteous judgment of God, who is jealous, and will not suffer his name to be profaned; we know where all liars will have their everlasting portion.
Cross-references: Jer 9:5 · Deut 19:18 · Deut 19:19