5A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.


In Context

2 Also, without knowledge the soul is not good, And the hasty in feet is sinning.

3 The folly of man perverteth his way, And against Jehovah is his heart wroth.

4 Wealth addeth many friends, And the poor from his neighbour is separated.

5 A false witness is not acquitted, Whoso breatheth out lies is not delivered.

6 Many entreat the face of the noble, And all have made friendship to a man of gifts.

7 All the brethren of the poor have hated him, Surely also his friends have been far from him, He is pursuing words — they are not!

Proverbs 19:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and [he that] speaketh lies shall not escape.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

19:5A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out lies will not go free.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished: and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:5A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished; and he that uttereth lies shall not escape.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished. He who pours out lies shall not go free.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

19:5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaks lies shall not escape.