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Proverbs 14:25

A true witness delivereth souls: but a deceitful witness speaketh lies.

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מַצִּ֣ילmatsildefendנָצַלverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “defend”, a verb used as a describing wordH5337to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense[idiom] at all, defend, deliver (self), escape, [idiom] without fail, part, pluck, preserve, recover, rescue, rid, save, spoil, strip, [idiom] surely, take (out).נְ֭פָשׁוֹתnefashotcreatureנֶפֶשׁnoun, common, both genders, plural, absolute — “creature”, the ordinary formH5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, [idiom] dead(-ly), desire, [idiom] (dis-) contented, [idiom] fish, ghost, [phrase] greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, [idiom] jeopardy of) life ([idiom] in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally,…עֵ֣דedwitnessעֵדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “witness”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5707concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. princewitness.אֱמֶ֑תemetassuredאֶמֶתnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “assured”, the ordinary formH571stability; (figuratively) certainty, truth, trustworthinessassured(-ly), establishment, faithful, right, sure, true (-ly, -th), verity.וְיָפִ֖חַveyafichaand blowפּוּחַconjunction, verb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and blow”, an unfinished actionH6315to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoffblow (upon), break, puff, bring into a snare, speak, utter.כְּזָבִ֣יםkezavimdeceitfulכָּזָבnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “deceitful”, the ordinary formH3577falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)deceitful, false, leasing, + liar, lie, lying.מִרְמָֽהmirmahcraftמִרְמָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “craft”, the ordinary formH4820fraudcraft, deceit(-ful, -fully), false, feigned, guile, subtilly, treachery.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

A true witness delivereth souls; but he that breatheth forth lies is all deceit.

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American Standard Version (1901)

A true witness delivereth souls; But he that uttereth lies causeth deceit.

Young’s Literal Translation

A true witness is delivering souls, And a deceitful one breatheth out lies.

World English Bible

A truthful witness saves souls, but a false witness is deceitful.

Darby Translation

A true witness delivereth souls; but deceit uttereth lies.

Douay-Rheims

A faithful witness delivereth souls: and the double dealer uttereth lies.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

A true witness delivereth souls; but he that breatheth forth lies is all deceit.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

A faithful witness shall deliver a soul from evil: but a deceitful man kindles falsehoods.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ῥύσεται ἐκ κακῶν ψυχὴν μάρτυς πιστὸς, ἐκκαίει δὲ ψευδῆ δόλιος.