Proverbs 12:19
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.

Young's Literal Translation
The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment—a tongue of falsehood.

King James Bible
The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.

Hebrew
Truthful
אֱ֭מֶת (’ĕ·meṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 571: Stability, certainty, truth, trustworthiness

lips
שְֽׂפַת־ (śə·p̄aṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 8193: The lip, language, a margin

endure forever,
תִּכּ֣וֹן (tik·kō·wn)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3559: To be erect

but a lying
שָֽׁקֶר׃ (šā·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood

tongue
לְשׁ֣וֹן (lə·šō·wn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 3956: The tongue

[lasts] only
וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

a moment.
אַ֝רְגִּ֗יעָה (’ar·gî·‘āh)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular
Strong's 7281: A wink, a very short space of time

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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