Proverbs 19:5

19:5 A false witness ¹  will not go unpunished,

and the one who spouts out ²  lies will not escape punishment. ³ 

Proverbs 19:9

19:9 A false witness will not go unpunished,

and the one who spouts out ⁴  lies will perish. ⁵ 

[19:5]  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.”

[19:5]  ² tn Heb “breathes out”; NAB “utters”; NIV “pours out.”

[19:5]  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.

[19:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “breathes out”; NAB “utters”; NIV “pours out.”

[19:9]  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”).