SPRUECHE 19:28
Ein loser Zeuge spottet des Rechts, und der Gottlosen Mund verschlingt das Unrecht.This verse in the real world
In what words
- לוּץlûwtsproperly, to make mouths at, i.e. to scoff; hence (from the effort to pronounce a foreign
- בְּלִיַּעַלbᵉlîyaʻalwithout profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness
- בָּלַעbâlaʻto make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
- עֵדʻêdconcretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e. prince
- רָשָׁעrâshâʻmorally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
- מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭproperly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentenc
- פֶּהpehthe mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech);
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Job 15:16, Job 34:7, Luk 18:2–4, Act 6:11–13, 1Ki 21:13, Job 20:12–13, Pro 15:14, Isa 28:14–18