Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version A false witness will perish, but a careful listener will testify successfully. New Living Translation A false witness will be cut off, but a credible witness will be allowed to speak. English Standard Version A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears will endure. Berean Standard Bible A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever. King James Bible A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. New King James Version A false witness shall perish, But the man who hears him will speak endlessly. New American Standard Bible A false witness will perish, But a person who listens will speak forever. NASB 1995 A false witness will perish, But the man who listens to the truth will speak forever. NASB 1977 A false witness will perish, But the man who listens to the truth will speak forever. Legacy Standard Bible A false witness will perish, But the man who listens will speak forever. Amplified Bible A false witness will perish, But a man who listens to the truth will speak forever and go unchallenged. Christian Standard Bible A lying witness will perish, but the one who listens will speak successfully. Holman Christian Standard Bible A lying witness will perish, but the one who listens will speak successfully. American Standard Version A false witness shall perish; But the man that heareth shall speak so as to endure. Aramaic Bible in Plain English A false witness will be destroyed and an attentive man speaks justly. Brenton Septuagint Translation A false witness shall perish; but an obedient man will speak cautiously. Contemporary English Version If you tell lies in court, you are done for; only a reliable witness can do the job. Douay-Rheims Bible A lying witness shall perish: an obedient man shall speak of victory. English Revised Version A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth shall speak unchallenged. GOD'S WORD® Translation A lying witness will die, but a person who listens to advice will continue to speak. Good News Translation The testimony of a liar is not believed, but the word of someone who thinks matters through is accepted. International Standard Version A false witness will perish, but whoever listens will testify successfully. JPS Tanakh 1917 A false witness shall perish; But the man that obeyeth shall speak unchallenged. Literal Standard Version A false witness perishes, | And an attentive man speaks forever. Majority Standard Bible A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever. New American Bible The false witness will perish, but one who listens will give lasting testimony. NET Bible A lying witness will perish, but the one who reports accurately speaks forever. New Revised Standard Version A false witness will perish, but a good listener will testify successfully. New Heart English Bible A false witness will perish, and a man who listens speaks to eternity. Webster's Bible Translation A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly. World English Bible A false witness will perish. A man who listens speaks to eternity. Young's Literal Translation A false witness doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The King's Heart…27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent! 28A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever. 29A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure.… Cross References Proverbs 6:19 a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers. Proverbs 19:5 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies will not escape. Proverbs 19:9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish. Treasury of Scripture A false witness shall perish: but the man that hears speaks constantly. false witness Proverbs 6:19 A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. Proverbs 19:5,9 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape… Proverbs 25:18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow. the man Proverbs 12:19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. Acts 12:15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel. 2 Corinthians 1:17-20 When I therefore was thus minded, did I use lightness? or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be yea yea, and nay nay? … Jump to Previous Attentive Constantly Cut Destroyed Endure Eternity Forever Heareth Hears Listens Obeyeth Perish Speak Speaketh Speaks Truth Witness WordJump to Next Attentive Constantly Cut Destroyed Endure Eternity Forever Heareth Hears Listens Obeyeth Perish Speak Speaketh Speaks Truth Witness WordProverbs 21 1. The king's heart in the hand of the Lord(28) But the man that heareth (carefully, and repeats accurately) speaketh constantly (his testimony will live).--Comp., "he being dead yet speaketh," Hebrews 11:4.Verse 28. - (For the first hemistich, see Proverbs 6:19; Proverbs 19:5, 9.) Shall perish. His testimony is worthless, and both he and it come to nothing. The man that heareth speaketh constantly; Vulgate, vir obediens; Septuagint, Ἀνὴρ ὑπήκοος φυλασσόμενος λαλήσει, "An obedient man will speak guardedly." "The man that heareth" is one who is attentive, who listens before he speaks, and reports only what he has heard. Such a one will speak "for continuance," so that what he says is never falsified, or silenced, or refuted. Vulgate, loquetur victoriam. And so Aquila, Theodotion, and Symmachus, εἰς νίκος. Revised Version, unchallenged. The expression thus rendered is lanetsach, which means, in Hebrew at any rate, in perpetuum, "for continuance." But St. Jerome's rendering has been much used by the Fathers, who have drawn therefrom lessons of obedience. Thus St. Augustine, 'In Psalm.,' 70, "Sola obedientia tenet palmam, sola inobedientia invenit poenam.' St. Gregory, ' Moral,' 35:28, "An obedient man in truth speaketh of victories, because, when we humbly submit ourselves to the voice of another, we overcome ourselves in our heart" (Oxford transl.). See a long dissertation on obedience in the note of Corn. a Lapide on this passage of Proverbs. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew A lyingכְּזָבִ֥ים (kə·zā·ḇîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3577: A lie, falsehood, deceptive thing witness עֵד־ (‘êḏ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5707: A witness, testimony, a recorder, prince will perish, יֹאבֵ֑ד (yō·ḇêḏ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish but the man וְאִ֥ישׁ (wə·’îš) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person who listens [to truth] שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗עַ (w·mê·a‘) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently will speak יְדַבֵּֽר׃ (yə·ḏab·bêr) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue forever. לָנֶ֥צַח (lā·ne·ṣaḥ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5331: Eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity Links Proverbs 21:28 NIVProverbs 21:28 NLT Proverbs 21:28 ESV Proverbs 21:28 NASB Proverbs 21:28 KJV Proverbs 21:28 BibleApps.com Proverbs 21:28 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 21:28 Chinese Bible Proverbs 21:28 French Bible Proverbs 21:28 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 21:28 A false witness will perish (Prov. 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