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Proverbs 14:25

NETBible	A truthful witness¹ rescues lives,² but the one who breathes lies brings³ deception.⁴
NIV © biblegateway Pro 14:25	A truthful witness saves lives, but a false witness is deceitful.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 14:25	A truthful witness saves lives, But he who utters lies is treacherous.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 14:25	A truthful witness saves lives, but a false witness is a traitor.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 14:25	Souls are saved by truthful witness and betrayed by the spread of lies.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 14:25	A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 14:25	A truthful witness saves lives, but one who utters lies is a betrayer.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 14:25	A true witness delivers souls, But a deceitful witness speaks lies.
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KJV	A true <0571> witness <05707> delivereth <05337> (8688) souls <05315>_: but a deceitful <04820> [witness] speaketh <06315> (8686) lies <03577>_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 14:25	A truthful <0571> witness <05707> saves <05337> lives <05315> , But he who utters <06315> lies <03577> is treacherous <04820> .
LXXM	rusetai {V-FMI-3S} ek <1537> PREP kakwn <2556> A-GPM quchn <5590> N-ASF martuv <3144> N-NSM pistov <4103> A-NSM ekkaiei <1572> V-PAI-3S de <1161> PRT qeudh <5571> A-APN doliov <1386> A-NSM
NET [draft] ITL	A truthful <0571> witness <05707> rescues <05337> lives <05315> , but the one who breathes <06315> lies <03577> brings deception <04820> .
HEBREW	hmrm <04820> Mybzk <03577> xpyw <06315> tma <0571> de <05707> twspn <05315> lyum (14:25) <05337>

NETBible

A truthful witness¹ rescues lives,² but the one who breathes lies brings³ deception.⁴

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “a witness of truth”; cf. CEV “an honest witness.”

²tn The noun נְפָשׁוֹת (nÿfashot) often means “souls,” but here “lives” – it functions as a metonymy for life (BDB 659 s.v. נֶפֶשׁ 3.c).

²sn The setting of this proverb is the courtroom. One who tells the truth “saves” (מַצִּיל [matsil, “rescues; delivers”]) the lives of those falsely accused.

³tn The term “brings” does not appear in the Hebrew but is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity. Also possible, “is deceitful.”

⁴tc Several commentators suggest emending the text from the noun מִרְמָה (mirmah, “deception”) to the participle מְרַמֶּה (mÿrameh, “destroys”). However, this revocalization is not necessary because the MT makes sense as it stands: A false witness destroys lives.