Proverbs 21:28
28 kA false witness will perish,
but the word of a man who hears will endure.
Proverbs 21:28 — The New International Version (NIV)
28 A false witness will perish,
but a careful listener will testify successfully.
Proverbs 21:28 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
28 A false witness shall perish:
But the man that heareth speaketh constantly.
Proverbs 21:28 — New Living Translation (NLT)
28 A false witness will be cut off,
but a credible witness will be allowed to speak.
Proverbs 21:28 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
28 A false witness shall perish,
But the man who hears him will speak endlessly.
Proverbs 21:28 — New Century Version (NCV)
28 A lying witness will be forgotten,
but a truthful witness will speak on.
Proverbs 21:28 — American Standard Version (ASV)
28 A false witness shall perish;
But the man that heareth shall speak so as to endure.
Proverbs 21:28 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
28 A lying witness shall perish; and a man that heareth shall speak constantly.
Proverbs 21:28 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
28 A lying witness will die,
but a person who listens to advice will continue to speak.
Proverbs 21:28 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
28 A lying witness will perish,
but the one who listens will speak successfully.
Proverbs 21:28 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
28 A false witness will perish,
but a good listener will testify successfully.
Proverbs 21:28 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
28 A false witness will perish,
but a man who listens will testify with success.
Proverbs 21:28 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
28 Witnesses who aren’t honest will die.
And anyone who listens to them will be destroyed forever.
Proverbs 21:28 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
28 A false witness will perish,
But the man who listens to the truth will speak forever.