Proverbs 12:18 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.”
Proverbs 12:18 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Proverbs 12:18 in 6 Bible Translations
Read Proverbs 12:18 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
Proverbs 12:18 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.”
Proverbs 12:18 — World English Bible
Proverbs 12:18 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.”
Proverbs 12:18 — American Standard Version
Proverbs 12:18 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.”
Proverbs 12:18 — Young's Literal Translation
Proverbs 12:18 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.”
Proverbs 12:18 — Darby Translation
Proverbs 12:18 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.”
Proverbs 12:18 — Geneva Bible
Proverbs 12:18 in Context — Proverbs 12
16 El necio luego al punto da á conocer su ira: mas el que disimula la injuria es cuerdo.
17 El que habla verdad, declara justicia; mas el testigo mentiroso, engaño.
18 Hay quienes hablan como [dando] estocadas de espada: mas la lengua de los sabios es medicina.
19 El labio de verdad permanecerá para siempre: mas la lengua de mentira por un momento.
20 Engaño hay en el corazón de los que piensan mal: mas alegría en el de los que piensan bien.
What Does Proverbs 12:18 Mean?
Proverbs 12:18 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 12. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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