Proverbs 25:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Like a club or sword or sharp arrow is a man who bears FALSE witness against his neighbor.

Young's Literal Translation
A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, [Is] the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

King James Bible
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

Hebrew
[Like] a club
מֵפִ֣יץ (mê·p̄îṣ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4650: Scatterer, disperser

or sword
וְ֭חֶרֶב (wə·ḥe·reḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

or sharp
שָׁנ֑וּן (šā·nūn)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 8150: To point, to pierce, to inculcate

arrow
וְחֵ֣ץ (wə·ḥêṣ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2671: A piercer, an arrow, a wound, thunderbolt, the shaft of a, spear

[is] a man
אִ֥ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

who bears
עֹנֶ֥ה (‘ō·neh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6030: To answer, respond

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

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

against his neighbor.
בְ֝רֵעֵ֗הוּ (ḇə·rê·‘ê·hū)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 7453: Friend, companion, fellow

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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