Proverbs 19:5
5 A false witness ▼▼ Heb “a witness of lies.” This expression is an attributive genitive: “a lying witness” (cf. CEV “dishonest witnesses”). This is paralleled by “the one who pours out lies.”
will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out ▼
▼ Heb “breathes out”; NAB “utters”; NIV “pours out.”
lies will not escape punishment. ▼▼ Heb “will not escape” (so NAB, NASB); NIV “will not go free.” Here “punishment” is implied, and has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
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