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Proverbs 21:28 Interlinear

“witness A false shall perish but the man that heareth constantly speaketh”

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Proverbs 21 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	עֵד	H5707	witness	concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e., prince
2	כְּזָבִ֥ים	H3577	A false	falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
3	יֹאבֵ֑ד	H6	shall perish	properly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
4	וְאִ֥ישׁ	H376	but the man	a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
5	שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗עַ	H8085	that heareth	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
6	לָנֶ֥צַח	H5331	constantly	properly, a goal, i.e., the bright object at a distance travelled towards; hence (figuratively), splendor, or (subjectively) truthfulness, or (objecti
7	יְדַבֵּֽר׃	H1696	speaketh	perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

Proverbs 21:28 (current)witness A false shall perish but the man that heareth constantly speaketh