19:5 A false witness 1 will not go unpunished,
and the one who spouts out 2 lies will not escape punishment. 3
19:9 A false witness will not go unpunished,
and the one who spouts out 4 lies will perish. 5
1 tn 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.”
2 tn Heb “breathes out”; NAB “utters”; NIV “pours out.”
3 tn 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.
4 tn Heb “breathes out”; NAB “utters”; NIV “pours out.”
5 sn The verse is the same as v. 5, except that the last word changes to the verb “will perish” (cf. NCV “will die”; CEV, NLT “will be destroyed”; TEV “is doomed”).