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Proverbs 12:19 Interlinear

“The lip of truth shall be established for ever is but for a moment tongue but a lying”

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Proverbs 12 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	שְֽׂפַת	H8193	The lip	the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)
2	אֱ֭מֶת	H571	of truth	stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthiness
3	תִּכּ֣וֹן	H3559	shall be established	properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
4	לָעַ֑ד	H5703	for ever	properly, a (peremptory) terminus, i.e., (by implication) duration, in the sense of advance or perpetuity (substantially as a noun, either with or wit
5	וְעַד	H5704		as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
6	אַ֝רְגִּ֗יעָה	H7280	is but for a moment	properly, to toss violently and suddenly (the sea with waves, the skin with boils); figuratively (in a favorable manner) to settle, i.e., quiet; speci
7	לְשׁ֣וֹן	H3956	tongue	the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame,
8	שָֽׁקֶר׃	H8267	but a lying	an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)

Proverbs 12:19 (current)The lip of truth shall be established for ever is but for a moment tongue but a lying