And he that soweth discord among brethren the seventh and last thing in the enumeration, but not, as Delitzsch holds, the ne plus ultra of all that is hated of God.
Truly speaking, he that lies as a false witness must be hateful to God. The shipwreck of society which it occasions may be seen in the frightful misery which ensued when the system of delatores was not only countenanced, but encouraged under the Roman empire. Perjury, too, destroys the security of communities. "Much hurt," says Muffet, in loc., "doth the deceitful and lying witness, for he corrupteth the judge, oppresseth the innocent, suppresseth the truth, and in the courts of justice sinneth against his own soul and the Lord himself most grievously." "He that speaketh lies as a false witness," again, may be the vile instrument in the hands of unscrupulous and inexorable enemies, as those employed against our Lord and Stephen. Perjury may be employed, not only in ruining the innocent, but also in screen-tog the guilty. But this, though the chief, is only one view of the case. The vice which is here noted as odious to God is expressly forbidden in the moral code, "Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbour" ( Exodus 20:16). Lying in its more general sense has been already spoken of in ver. A false witness (Hebrew, ed-k'zavim), as in margin, "a witness of lies." The expression, "as a false witness," as it appears in the original, is explanatory, and indicates the particular aspect under which the speaking of lies is regarded.
Lies Hebrew k'zavim, plural of kazav, "falsehood," "lying" (cf. Psalm 10:5 Psalm 12:5) or in a good sense, "to utter the truth," as in Proverbs 12:17. future), it is "to blow out" or" utter," either in a bad sense, as in the present instance, and in Proverbs 6:19 Proverbs 14:5 Proverbs 19:5, 9 (cf. form, which is used here ( yaphiakh, hiph. The Hebrew puakh is "to breathe," "to blow," and in the hiph. So the Vulgate, proferentem mendacia testem fallacem. A false witness that speaketh lies literally, he that breathes out, or utters, lies as a false witness. The false witness who utters lies, and the one who sows discord among kindred.Ī false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.Ī lying witness who testifies falsely, and one who sows discord in a family.Ī false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.Ī false witness that speaketh lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.Ī false witness who doth breathe out lies - And one sending forth contentions between brethren. Those who tell lies in court or stir up trouble in a family.Ī deceitful witness that uttereth lies, and him that soweth discord among brethren.Ī false witness that uttereth lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.Ī dishonest witness spitting out lies, and a person who spreads conflict among relatives.Ī false witness snorting lies, and someone sowing quarrels between brothers.Ī false witness that breatheth out lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.Ī false witness breathes out lies, | And one sending forth contentions between brothers.
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