Teks -- Proverbs 21:28 (NET)

21:28 A lying witness will perish, but the one who reports accurately speaks forever.

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

Wesley: Pro 21:28 - Heareth

He witnesses nothing but what he has heard or seen.

Wesley: Pro 21:28 - Constantly

Always affirms the same thing.

JFB: Pro 21:28

(Compare Pro 19:5).

JFB: Pro 21:28 - that heareth

Or heeds instruction, and so grows wise.

JFB: Pro 21:28 - speaketh constantly

Or sincerely (compare Hab 1:5), and hence is believed (Pro 12:19; Jam 1:19).

TSK: Pro 21:28 - false witness // the man

false witness : Heb. witness of lies, Pro 6:19, Pro 19:5, Pro 19:9, Pro 25:18; Exo 23:1; Deu 19:16-19

the man : Pro 12:19; Act 12:15; 2Co 1:17-20, 2Co 4:13; Tit 3:8

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Poole: Pro 21:28 - A false witness // Shall perish // Speaketh constantly

A false witness Heb. a witness of lies ; one who is forward to swear or speak false things, or such things as he hath not heard nor learned from others, nor seen, but devised in his own heart.

Shall perish shall be severely punished, either by God or men, and shall be confounded and silenced, because none will for the future regard or credit his testimony. The man that heareth; he who hears before he speaks, and witnesseth nothing but what he hath heard or seen, and knows to be true.

Speaketh constantly doth not contradict himself, but always affirmeth the same thing. Or, as most other interpreters render the words, speaketh (or, may speak , dare speak freely and boldly) for ever ; when liars are cut off, he lives, and is in a capacity of speaking and bearing witness again and again, as occasion requires, as long as he lives, and his testimony will be received.

Haydock: Pro 21:28 - Obedient

Obedient. Attentive, faithful witness, shall speak with triumph, or he who obeys the law, shall gain the victory over the devil, &c. (Philippians ii. 8.)

Gill: Pro 21:28 - A false witness shall perish // but the man that heareth // speaketh constantly

A false witness shall perish,.... As witness he shall perish in his reputation, no credit shall be given him, he shall not be admitted an evidence, or a witness in any cause, being found a false one; and as a man, he shall be punished in body or estate by the civil magistrate, and his soul shall perish eternally, unless he has true repentance for his sin: or, a witness of lies shall perish ^k it may be applied to any teacher of false doctrine; and to the man of sin, and his followers, that speak lies in hypocrisy; everyone that loves and makes a lie shall die the second death, and be excluded from eternal happiness, Rev 21:8;

but the man that heareth; before he speaks, and speaks what he hears, and does not devise things himself; but witnesses the truth, and nothing else, to the best of his knowledge:

speaketh constantly; invariably and consistently, what is all of a piece, and by which he ah, des; or "continually", as Jarchi; or "for ever"; he is made use of as a witness as long as he lives, whenever there is occasion for him; the Vulgate Latin version renders it, "he speaks victory"; his testimony, being true and valid, carries the cause: it, nay be applied to a faithful teacher, who hearkens to the word of God, and speaks according to that; such an one speaks out, he doctrine of the word constantly, boldly, with certainty, without any hesitation or staggering.