Proverbs 19:9 — Compare Translations
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English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young
A false witness is not acquitted, And whoso breatheth out lies perisheth.
English ASV
A false witness shall not be unpunished; And he that uttereth lies shall perish.
English Amplified
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes forth lies shall perish.
English Amplified Classic Bible 1987
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he who breathes forth lies shall perish.
English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who pours out lies will perish.
English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies perishes.
English Darby 1890 : Public Domain
A false witness shall not be held innocent, and he that uttereth lies shall perish.
English EASY 2024
If you tell lies in court, the judge will certainly punish you. That will be the end of you!
English ERV 2006 - Only For Website
A witness who lies will be punished. That liar will be destroyed.
English ESV 2016 == The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish.
English GNT (Good News Translation)
No one who tells lies in court can escape punishment; he is doomed.
English God's Word - GW 1995
A lying witness will not go unpunished. One who tells lies will die.
English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website
A false witness will not go unpunished, and one who utters lies perishes.
English KJV 1611
A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.
English LSB
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who breathes out lies will perish.
English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who speaks lies will perish.
English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who tells lies will perish.
English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website
The false witness will not go unpunished, and he who utters lies will perish.
English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)
A false witness will not go unpunished, and the one who spouts out lies will perish.
English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website
A dishonest witness will be punished. And those who pour out lies will die.
English NIV
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who pours out lies will perish.
English NKJ 1982
A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who speaks lies shall perish.
English NLT
A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will be destroyed.
English NRSV 1989 - Only for website
A false witness will not go unpunished, and the liar will perish.
English Passion Translation Bible 2020
Tell lies and you’re going to get caught, and the habitual liar is doomed.
English RSV (Revised Standard Version)
A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who utters lies will perish.
English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)
A false witness shall be punished, and a liar shall be caught.
English Tyndale 1537
A false witness shall not remain unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish.