Verse List for PROV 21:28

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B I ◄ ← Prov 21:28 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) A lying witness will die, ⇔ ^ but a good listener will speak out success.

OET-LV A _witness _of lies he _will _perish and_a _person who_listens to_perpetuity he _will _speak.

ULT A witness of lies will perish, ⇔ but a listening man will speak to perpetuity.

UST Witnesses who lie will die, ⇔  but when someone who listens carefully speaks, what he says will finish the matter.

BSB & MSB A lying witness will perish, ⇔  but the man who listens [to truth] will speak forever.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB A false witness will perish. ⇔  A man who listens speaks to eternity.

NET A lying witness will perish, ⇔ but the one who reports accurately speaks forever.

LSV A false witness perishes,
And an attentive man speaks forever.

FBV The lies of a false witness vanish away, but the words of a reliable witness will stand.

T4T ⇔  Those who tell lies in court will be punished; ⇔  no one stops/silences witnesses who say what is truthful/reliable.

LEB • A false witness will perish,
• but a man who listens will testify with[fn] success.

BBE A false witness will be cut off, ...

Moff A dishonest witness shall perish, ⇔  but a truthful man will never be forgotten.

JPS A false witness shall perish; but the man that obeyeth shall speak unchallenged.

ASV A false witness shall perish; ⇔ But the man that heareth shall speak so as to endure.

DRA A lying witness shall perish: an obedient man shall speak of victory.

YLT A false witness doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh.

Drby A lying witness shall perish; and a man that heareth shall speak constantly.

RV A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth shall speak unchallenged.
(A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth/hears shall speak unchallenged.)

SLT A witness of lies shall perish: and a man hearing, shall speak clearly.

Wbstr A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

KJB-1769 A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.[fn]
(A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth/hears speaketh/speaks constantly.)

KJB-1611 [fn]A false witnesse shall perish: but the man that heareth, speaketh constantly.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps A false witnesse shall perishe: but a good man speaketh constantly what he hath hearde.
(A false witness shall perish: but a good man speaketh/speaks constantly what he hath/has hearde.)

Gnva A false witnes shall perish: but hee that heareth, speaketh continually.
(A false witness shall perish: but he that heareth/hears, speaketh/speaks continually.)

Cvdl A false wytnesse shal perishe, but he yt wilbe content to heare, shal allwaye haue power to speake himself.
(A false witness shall perish, but he it will be content to hear, shall always have power to speak himself.)

Wycl A fals witnesse schal perische; a man obedient schal speke victorie.
(A false witness shall perish; a man obedient shall speak victorie.)

Luth Ein lügenhaftiger Zeuge wird umkommen; aber wer gehorchet, den läßt man auch allezeit wiederum reden.
(A lie(v)haftiger witness(n) becomes perish/die; but who obeys, the lets man also at_all_times again/in_turn talk(v).)

ClVg Testis mendax peribit; vir obediens loquetur victoriam.[fn]
(Testis liar will_perish; man obedient will_speak victory.)

UHB עֵד־כְּזָבִ֥ים יֹאבֵ֑ד וְ⁠אִ֥ישׁ שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗עַ לָ⁠נֶ֥צַח יְדַבֵּֽר׃ ‡

BrLXX Μάρτυς ψευδὴς ἀπολεῖται, ἀνὴρ δὲ ὑπήκοος φυλασσόμενος λαλήσει.

BrTr A false witness shall perish; but an obedient man will speak cautiously.