Pro 14:5 | NETfull | STEP | A truthful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

Proverbs 14:5

5 A truthful witness ^{▼▼ Heb “a witness of faithfulness.” The genitive functions in an attributive sense: “faithful witness” (so KJV, NRSV); TEV “reliable witness.”} does not lie,
but a false witness ^{▼▼ Heb “a witness of falsehood.” The genitive functions in an attributive sense: “false witness.”} breathes out lies. ^{▼▼ This saying addresses the problem of legal testimony: A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness does lie – naturally. The first colon uses the verb כָּזַב (kazav, “to lie”) and the second colon uses the noun כָּזָב (kazav, “lie; falsehood”).}