Text -- Proverbs 14:5 (NET)

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

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Pro 14:5

¹ tn Heb “a witness of faithfulness.” The genitive functions in an attributive sense: “faithful witness” (so KJV, NRSV); TEV “reliable witness.”

² tn Heb “a witness of falsehood.” The genitive functions in an attributive sense: “false witness.”

³ sn 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”).