Proverbs 21:28

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

Bible in Basic English ☆

A false witness will be cut off, ...

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

Darby Translation ☆

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

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

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

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

A false witnes shall perish: but hee that heareth, speaketh continually.

Noyes Bible ☆

A false witness shall perish; But a man that hearkeneth shall speak forever.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

A lying witness shall perish; but the man that is obedient [to the law] can speak for ever.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

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

King James Version ☆

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

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

A false witness shall perish: But the man that heareth, speaketh constantly.

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

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

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

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

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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

Webster Bible ☆

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

Revised Version ☆

A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth shall speak unchallenged.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

World English Bible ☆

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

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

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

World English Bible Classic ☆

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

World English Bible Updated ☆

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

World Messianic Bible ☆

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

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

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.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

An ed kezavim (lying witness) shall perish, but the ish that heareth [emes] speaketh lanetzach (unto eternity).

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

شَاهِدُ ٱلزُّورِ يَهْلِكُ، وَٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلسَّامِعُ لِلْحَقِّ يَتَكَلَّمُ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

မမှန်သော သက်သေသည် ပျက်တတ်၏။ ကိုယ်တိုင်ကြားသောသူမူကား၊ တည်ကြည်စွာ ပြော တတ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

မ မှန်သော သက်သေ သည် ပျက် တတ်၏။ ကိုယ်တိုင်ကြား သောသူ မူကား ၊ တည်ကြည် စွာ ပြော တတ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Amsoem ai hnukungah kaom kami loe amro tih; toe lok thaih tangtang kami loe katoeng ah lokthuih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Laithae kah laipai tah paltham vetih, aka hnatun hlang long ni a thui yoeyah eh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Laithae kah laipai tah paltham vetih, aka hnatun hlang long ni a thui yoeyah eh.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

作假见证的必灭亡； 惟有听真情而言的，其言长存。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

作假見證的必滅亡； 惟有聽真情而言的，其言長存。

World Chinese Bible ☆

作假见证的必灭亡； 听从的人说话却存到永远。

Croatian Bible ☆

Lažljiv svjedok propada, a čovjek koji sluša, opet će govoriti.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Svědek lživý zahyne, ale muž, kterýž co slyší, stále mluviti bude.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Løgnagtigt Vidne går under, Mand, som vil høre, kan tale fremdeles.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

Een leugenachtig getuige zal vergaan; en een man, die hoort, zal spreken tot overwinning.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Een leugenachtig getuige gaat te gronde; Iemand die luistert, mag altijd spreken.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Mensoga atestanto pereos; Sed homo, kiu mem aŭdis, parolos por ĉiam.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Le témoin menteur périra ; mais l’homme qui écoute parlera à toujours.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Le témoin menteur périra; mais l'homme qui écoute, pourra toujours parler.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Le témoin menteur périra, Mais l’homme qui écoute parlera toujours.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Le faux témoin périra, mais l'homme qui sait écouter pourra toujours témoigner.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Ein Lügenzeuge wird umkommen; ein Mann aber, welcher hört, darf immerdar reden.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Ein lügenhafter Zeuge wird umkommen; aber wer sich sagen läßt, den läßt man auch allezeit wiederum reden.

German Textbibel ☆

Ein lügenhafter Zeuge wird zu Grunde gehn, aber ein Mann, der gehört hat, darf immerdar reden.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Ein Lügenzeuge geht zugrunde; aber ein Ohrenzeuge darf immer wieder reden.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

μάρτυς ψευδὴς ἀπολεῖται, ἀνὴρ δὲ ὑπήκοος φυλασσόμενος λαλήσει.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Μάρτυς ψευδὴς ἀπολεῖται, ἀνὴρ δὲ ὑπήκοος φυλασσόμενος λαλήσει.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Temwen k'ap bay manti gen pou l' mouri. Men, yo p'ap koupe pawòl nan bouch moun ki peze sa l'ap di.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

O ka mea hoike wahahee, e make no ia; O ke kanaka hoolohe, oia ke olelo mau.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

עֵד־כְּזָבִ֥ים יֹאבֵ֑ד וְאִ֥ישׁ שֹׁ֝ומֵ֗עַ לָנֶ֥צַח יְדַבֵּֽר׃

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

עד כזבים יאבד ואיש שומע לנצח ידבר׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Il testimonio mendace perirà ; Ma l'uomo che ascolta parlerà in perpetuo .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Il testimonio bugiardo perirà, ma l’uomo che ascolta potrà sempre parlare.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

偽りの証人は滅びるが、 よく聞く者の言葉はいつまでも残る。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

거짓 증인은 패망하려니와 확실한 증인의 말은 힘이 있느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Kas lun sie mwet loh kikiap fah tia lulalfongiyuk, a kas lun sie mwet su nunkala mau wo fah lohngyuk.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Testis mendax peribit; vir obediens loquetur victoriam.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

شاهد دروغگو هلاک می‌شود، اما کسی‌که استماع نماید به راستی تکلم خواهد کرد.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

A testemunha falsa perecerá. O homem que escuta falará para sempre.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

A testemunha mentirosa perecerá; porém o homem que ouve a verdade falará com sucesso.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Un martor fals va pieri, dar omul care ascultă vorbește statornic.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Марторул минчинос ва пери, дар омул каре аскултэ бине ва ворби тотдяуна ку избындэ.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Лжесвидетель погибнет; а человек, который говорит, что знает, будет говорить всегда.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Lažni svedok poginuće, a čovek koji sluša govoriće svagda.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Лажни сведок погинуће, а човек који слуша говориће свагда.

Mashi Bible ☆

Ohamîriza obunywesi erhi muhera, ci omuntu orhangiyumvirhiza ye manyiderha.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

El testigo mentiroso perecerá: mas el hombre que oye, permanecerá en su dicho.

Spanish BLL ☆

El testigo falso morirá, pero el que sabe escuchar siempre podrá hablar.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

El testigo mentiroso perecerá; mas el hombre que oye, hablará siempre.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Un testigo falso será cortado; pero él que escucha, siempre podrá responder.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

El testigo falso perecerá, Pero el que atiende, habla perpetuamente.

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Revised West Version ☆

‌ʻE ʻauha ʻae fakamoʻoni loi: ka ko e tangata ʻoku faʻa fakafanongo ʻoku lea maau ia.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Ложний сьвідок погибне, а чоловік, що говорить те, що знає, буде все говорити правду.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Ложний сьвідок погибне, а чоловік, що говорить те, що знає, буде все говорити правду.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Chứng dối giả sẽ hư mất đi; Nhưng người hay nghe theo sẽ nói được mãi mãi.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

עֵד־כְּזָבִ֥ים יֹאבֵ֑ד וְאִ֥ישׁ שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗עַ לָנֶ֥צַח יְדַבֵּֽר׃