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 L’insensé laisse voir à l’instant sa colère, Mais celui qui cache un outrage est un homme prudent.
17 Celui qui dit la vérité proclame la justice, Et le faux témoin la tromperie.
18 Tel, qui parle légèrement, blesse comme un glaive; Mais la langue des sages apporte la guérison.
19 La lèvre véridique est affermie pour toujours, Mais la langue fausse ne subsiste qu’un instant.
20 La tromperie est dans le cœur de ceux qui méditent le mal, Mais la joie est pour ceux qui conseillent la paix.
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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