KJV: A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
YLT: A false witness doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh.
Darby: A lying witness shall perish; and a man that heareth shall speak constantly.
ASV: A false witness shall perish; But the man that heareth shall speak so as to endure.
עֵד־ | a witness |
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: עֵד Sense: witness. |
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כְּזָבִ֥ים | FALSE |
Parse: Noun, masculine plural Root: כָּזָב Sense: a lie, untruth, falsehood, deceptive thing. |
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יֹאבֵ֑ד | shall perish |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: אָבַד Sense: perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed. |
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וְאִ֥ישׁ | but the man |
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular Root: אִישׁ Sense: man. |
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שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗עַ | and who hears [him] |
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: שָׁמַע Sense: to hear, listen to, obey. |
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לָנֶ֥צַח | endlessly |
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular Root: נֵצַח Sense: eminence, perpetuity, strength, victory, enduring, everlastingness. |
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יְדַבֵּֽר | will speak |
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: דָּבַר Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing. |