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Proverbs 24:28 Interlinear

“ Be not a witness without cause against thy neighbour and deceive not with thy lips”

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Proverbs 24 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	אַל	H408		not (the qualified negation, used as a deprecative); once (job 24:25) as a noun, nothing
2	תְּהִ֣י	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
3	עֵד	H5707	Be not a witness	concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e., prince
4	חִנָּ֣ם	H2600	without cause	gratis, i.e., devoid of cost, reason or advantage
5	בְּרֵעֶ֑ךָ	H7453	against thy neighbour	an associate (more or less close)
6	וַ֝הֲפִתִּ֗יתָ	H6601	and deceive	to open, i.e., be (causatively, make) roomy; usually figuratively (in a mental or moral sense) to be (causatively, make) simple or (in a sinister way)
7	בִּשְׂפָתֶֽיךָ׃	H8193	not with thy lips	the lip (as a natural boundary); by implication, language; by analogy, a margin (of a vessel, water, cloth, etc.)

Proverbs 24:28 (current) Be not a witness without cause against thy neighbour and deceive not with thy lips