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Proverbs 19:28

NETBible	A crooked witness¹ scorns justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours² iniquity.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 19:28	A corrupt witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 19:28	A rascally witness makes a mockery of justice, And the mouth of the wicked spreads iniquity.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 19:28	A corrupt witness makes a mockery of justice; the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 19:28	An unprincipled witness desecrates justice; the mouths of the wicked spew malice.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 19:28	A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge’s decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 19:28	A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 19:28	A disreputable witness scorns justice, And the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
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KJV	An ungodly <01100> witness <05707> scorneth <03887> (8686) judgment <04941>_: and the mouth <06310> of the wicked <07563> devoureth <01104> (8762) iniquity <0205>_. {An...: Heb. A witness of Belial}
NASB © biblegateway Pro 19:28	A rascally <01100> witness <05707> makes <03917> a mockery <03917> of justice <04941> , And the mouth <06310> of the wicked <07563> spreads <01104> iniquity <0205> .
LXXM	o <3588> T-NSM egguwmenov {V-PMPNS} paida <3816> N-ASM afrona <878> A-ASM kayubrizei {V-PAI-3S} dikaiwma <1345> N-ASN stoma <4750> N-NSN de <1161> PRT asebwn <765> A-GPM katapietai <2666> V-FMI-3S kriseiv <2920> N-APF
NET [draft] ITL	A crooked <01100> witness <05707> scorns <03887> justice <04941> , and the mouth <06310> of the wicked <07563> devours <01104> iniquity <0205> .
HEBREW	Nwa <0205> elby <01104> Myesr <07563> ypw <06310> jpsm <04941> Uyly <03887> leylb <01100> de (19:28) <05707>

NETBible

A crooked witness¹ scorns justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours² iniquity.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “a witness who is worthless and wicked” (עֵד בְּלִיַּעַל, ’ed beliyya’al). Cf. KJV “an ungodly witness”; NAB “an unprincipled witness”; NCV “an evil witness”; NASB “a rascally witness.”

¹sn These are crooked or corrupt witnesses who willfully distort the facts and make a mockery of the whole legal process.

²tn The parallel line says the mouth of the wicked “gulps down” or “swallows” (יְבַלַּע, yÿvala’) iniquity. The verb does not seem to fit the line (or the proverb) very well. Some have emended the text to יַבִּיעַ (yavia’, “gushes”) as in 15:28 (cf. NAB “pours out”). Driver followed an Arabic balaga to get “enunciates,” which works well with the idea of a false witness (W. McKane, Proverbs [OTL], 529). As it stands, however, the line indicates that in what he says the wicked person accepts evil – and that could describe a false witness.