Proverbs 21:28
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever.

Young's Literal Translation
A false witness doth perish, And an attentive man for ever speaketh.

King James Bible
A false witness shall perish: but the man that heareth speaketh constantly.

Hebrew
A lying
כְּזָבִ֥ים (kə·zā·ḇîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3577: A lie, falsehood, deceptive thing

witness
עֵד־ (‘êḏ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5707: A witness, testimony, a recorder, prince

will perish,
יֹאבֵ֑ד (yō·ḇêḏ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

but the man
וְאִ֥ישׁ (wə·’îš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who listens [to truth]
שׁ֝וֹמֵ֗עַ (w·mê·a‘)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently

will speak
יְדַבֵּֽר׃ (yə·ḏab·bêr)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1696: To arrange, to speak, to subdue

forever.
לָנֶ֥צַח (lā·ne·ṣaḥ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5331: Eminence, enduring, everlastingness, perpetuity

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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