Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

There is who babbleth, as with thrusts of a sword, but, the tongue of the wise, hath healing.

New American Standard Bible

There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

King James Version

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Holman Bible

There is one who speaks rashly,
like a piercing sword;
but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

International Standard Version

Some speak rashly like the cutting of a sword, but what the wise say promotes healing.

A Conservative Version

There is he who speaks rashly like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is health.

American Standard Version

There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

Amplified


There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword,
But the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Bible in Basic English

There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.

Darby Translation

There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.

Julia Smith Translation

There is he talking idly as the piercings of the sword: and the tongue of the wise is healing.

King James 2000

There is one that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise brings health.

Lexham Expanded Bible

There is one who speaks rashly, like the thrust of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Modern King James verseion

There are those who speak like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

A slanderous person pricketh like a sword; but a wise man's tongue is wholesome.

NET Bible

Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.

New Heart English Bible

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Webster

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

World English Bible

There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Youngs Literal Translation

A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
There is
ישׁ 
Yesh 
is, be, have, there,
Usage: 135

בּטה בּטא 
Bata' 
Usage: 4

מדקרה 
Madqarah 
Usage: 1

of a sword
חרב 
Chereb 
Usage: 413

but the tongue
לשׁנה לשׁן לשׁון 
Lashown 
Usage: 116

of the wise
חכם 
Chakam 
Usage: 137

References

Easton

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

17 He that whispereth faithfulness, declareth righteousness, but, a false witness, is a fraud. 18 There is who babbleth, as with thrusts of a sword, but, the tongue of the wise, hath healing. 19 A lip that is faithful, shall be firm to futurity, but, only for a twinkling, is the tongue that is false.

Cross References

Psalm 57:4

My soul, is in the midst of lions, I lie down amidst flames, As for the sons of men, Their teeth, are spear and arrows, And, their tongue, is a sharp sword.

Proverbs 16:24

A comb of honey, are pleasant words, sweet to the taste and healing to the bone.

Psalm 52:2

Engulfing ruin, doth thy tongue devise, Like a whetted razor, working deceit;

Psalm 59:7

Lo! they belch forth with their mouth, Swords, are in their lips, For say they , Who doth hear?

Psalm 64:3

Who have sharpened, like a sword, their tongue, Have made ready their arrow - a bitter word;

Proverbs 4:22

For, life, they are, to them who find them, - and, to every part of one's flesh, they bring healing.

Proverbs 10:20-21

Choice silver, is the tongue of the righteous, but, the sense of the lawless, is very small.

Proverbs 13:17

A lawless messenger, falleth into mischief, but, a faithful herald, bringeth healing.

Proverbs 15:4

Gentleness of the tongue, is a tree of life, but, crookedness therein, a grievous wound in the spirit.

Proverbs 15:7

The lips of the wise, scatter abroad knowledge, but, the heart of dullards, is not right.

Proverbs 25:18

A hammer and a sword, and a sharpened arrow, is a man becoming a false witness against his neighbour.

Daniel 11:33

And, they who make the people wise, will impart understanding to the many, - yet shall they be brought low, by sword and by flame, by captivity and by prey, for some days;

James 3:6-8

And, the tongue, is a fire, - as , the world of unrighteousness, the tongue, becometh fixed among our members, that which defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the wheel of our natural life, and is set on fire, by gehenna!

Revelation 1:16

And, having in his right hand, seven stars, and, out of his mouth, a sharp, two-edged sword, going forth; and, his whole appearance, as when, the sun, shineth in its strength.

Revelation 22:2

in the midst of the broadway thereof. And, on this side of the river and on that, was a tree of life, bearing twelve crops of fruit, every several month, yielding its fruit; and, the leaves of the tree, were for the healing of the nations,

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