King James Version:
(The Lord speaking is red text)
¶ An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Complete Jewish Bible:
A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked swallows wrongdoing.
Berean Standard Bible:
A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.
American Standard Version:
A worthless witness mocketh at justice; And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.
KJV with Strong’s Numbers:
An ungodly{H1100} witness{H5707} scorneth{H3887} judgment{H4941}: and the mouth{H6310} of the wicked{H7563} devoureth{H1104} iniquity{H205}.
Cross-References (KJV):
Job 15:16
- How much more abominable and filthy [is] man, which drinketh iniquity like water?
Job 34:7
- What man [is] like Job, [who] drinketh up scorning like water?
Job 20:12
- Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, [though] he hide it under his tongue;
Job 20:13
- [Though] he spare it, and forsake it not; but keep it still within his mouth:
Psalms 10:11
- He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten: he hideth his face; he will never see [it].
Acts 6:11
- Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and [against] God.
Acts 6:13
- And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:
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Commentary for Proverbs 19:28
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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:
Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)
- Strong's Number: H1100
There are 26 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בְּלִיַּעַל
Transliteration: bᵉlîyaʻal
Pronunciation: bel-e-yah'-al
Description: from בְּלִי and יַעַל;(often in connection with אִישׁ, אִשָּׁה, בֵּן, etc.); without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness; Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked. - Strong's Number: H5707
There are 59 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: עֵד
Transliteration: ʻêd
Pronunciation: ayd
Description: contracted from עוּד; concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince; witness. - Strong's Number: H3887
There are 26 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: לוּץ
Transliteration: lûwts
Pronunciation: loots
Description: a primitive root; properly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede; ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a mock, mocker, scorn(-er, -ful), teacher. - Strong's Number: H4941
There are 406 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: מִשְׁפָּט
Transliteration: mishpâṭ
Pronunciation: mish-pawt'
Description: from שָׁפַט; properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style; [phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, [idiom] worthy, [phrase] wrong. - Strong's Number: H6310
There are 460 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: פֶּה
Transliteration: peh
Pronunciation: peh
Description: from פָּאָה; the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to; accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), [idiom] eat, edge, end, entry, [phrase] file, hole, [idiom] in, mind, mouth, part, portion, [idiom] (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, tenor, [idiom] to, [phrase] two-edged, wish, word. - Strong's Number: H7563
There are 249 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: רָשָׁע
Transliteration: râshâʻ
Pronunciation: raw-shaw'
Description: from רָשַׁע; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong. - Strong's Number: H1104
There are 48 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: בָּלַע
Transliteration: bâlaʻ
Pronunciation: baw-lah'
Description: a primitive root; to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy; cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up). - Strong's Number: H205
There are 101 instances of this translation in the Bible
Lemma: אָוֶן
Transliteration: ʼâven
Pronunciation: aw-ven'
Description: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught); strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol; affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain, vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare אַיִן.