Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
There are those who speak like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
New American Standard Bible
But the
King James Version
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Holman Bible
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 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.
The Emphasized Bible
There is who babbleth, as with thrusts of a sword, but, the tongue of the wise, hath healing.
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.
Themes
Evil » Speech evil speaking » General references to
Speaking, evil » General references to
Speech » Evil, general references to
Topics
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 12:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
17 He who breathes truth shows forth righteousness, but a false witness deceit. 18 There are those who speak like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals. 19 The lips of truth shall be established forever, but only while I wink is a lying tongue.
Cross References
Psalm 57:4
My soul is among lions; I lie among those on fire, the sons of men whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Proverbs 16:24
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises evil, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 59:7
Behold, they bellow out with their mouth; swords are in their lips; for they say, Who hears?
Psalm 64:3
who sharpen their tongue like a sword, they tread their arrows, even a bitter word,
Proverbs 4:22
For they are life to those who find them, and health to all his flesh.
Proverbs 10:20-21
The tongue of the just is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is worth little.
Proverbs 13:17
A wicked messenger falls into mischief, but a faithful ambassador is health.
Proverbs 15:4
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but crookedness in it is a break in the spirit.
Proverbs 15:7
The lips of the righteous send forth knowledge, but the heart of the foolish is not so.
Proverbs 25:18
A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Daniel 11:33
And those who understand among the people shall teach many; yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by exile, and spoil, for days.
James 3:6-8
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So the tongue is set among our members, spotting all the body and inflaming the course of nature, and being inflamed by hell.
Revelation 1:16
And He had seven stars in His right hand, and out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword. And His face was like the sun shining in its strength.
Revelation 22:2
In the midst of its street, and of the river, from here and from there, was the Tree of Life, which bore twelve fruits, each yielding its fruit according to one month. And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.