Proverbs 19:5

NETBible

A false witness 1  will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out 2  lies will not escape punishment. 3 

NIV ©

A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out lies will not go free.

NASB ©

A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will not escape.

NLT ©

A false witness will not go unpunished, nor will a liar escape.

MSG ©

Perjury won't go unpunished. Would you let a liar go free?

BBE ©

A false witness will not go without punishment, and the breather out of deceit will not go free.

NRSV ©

A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will not escape.

NKJV ©

A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who speaks lies will not escape.

KJV
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NASB ©
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NETBible

A false witness 1  will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out 2  lies will not escape punishment. 3 

NET Notes

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.

3 sn This proverb is a general statement, because on occasion there are false witnesses who go unpunished in this life (e.g., Prov 6:19; 14:5, 25; 19:9). The Talmud affirms, “False witnesses are contemptible even to those who hire them” (b. Sanhedrin 29b).