PRO 21:28 Parallel Verse View

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BrLXX Μάρτυς ψευδὴς ἀπολεῖται, ἀνὴρ δὲ ὑπήκοος φυλασσόμενος λαλήσει.
(Martus pseudaʸs apoleitai, anaʸr de hupaʸkoos fulassomenos lalaʸsei. )

ULT A witness of lies will perish,
⇔ but the man who listens will speak to perpetuity.

UST Witnesses who lie will die,
⇔ but when people who listen carefully speak, others will always remember what they said.

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

OEB A lying witness will perish,
⇔ but a trustworthy witness will stand forever.

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

WMBB (Same as above)

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 • but a man who listens will testify with[fn] success.

21:? Hebrew “to the”

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

Moff No Moff PRO book available

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.

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 hears speaketh/speaks constantly. )

21.28 A…: Heb. A witness of lies

KJB-1611 [fn][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)

21:28 Chap.19. 5,9.

21:28 Heb. a witnesse of lyes.

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

Gnva A false witnes shall perish: but hee that heareth, speaketh continually.
(A false witness shall perish: but he that 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 perishe, but he it will be content to hear, shall allwaye have power to speak himself.)

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

Luth Ein lügenhaftiger Zeuge wird umkommen; aber wer gehorchet, den läßt man auch allezeit wiederum reden.
(A lügenhaftiger Zeuge becomes umkommen; but who gehorchet, the läßt man also allezeit again/in_turn reden.)

ClVg Testis mendax peribit; vir obediens loquetur victoriam.[fn]
(Testis mendax peribit; man obediens loquetur victoriam. )

21.28 Testis mendax. Qui se Deo servire testatur, etc., usque ad per justitiam judicis post victoriam palmam percipit.

21.28 Testis mendax. Who se Deo servire testatur, etc., until to through justitiam yudicis after victoriam palmam percipit.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

עֵד־כְּזָבִ֥ים & וְ⁠אִ֥ישׁ שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗עַ

witness false & and,man listens

A witness of lies and the man who listens refer to types of people in general, not to specific people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use more natural expressions. Alternate translation: “Any witness of lies … but any person who listens”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

עֵד־כְּזָבִ֥ים

witness false

Here Solomon is using the possessive form to describe a witness who tells lies. If your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could use a different expression. Alternate translation: “A lying witness”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לָ⁠נֶ֥צַח יְדַבֵּֽר

with,success speak

Here Solomon refers to people remembering what a person says as if that person would speak to perpetuity. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “will speak and what he says will be remembered”

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