Verse 18

There is one whose rash words are like the thrusts of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Det er noen som snakker som sverd som skjærer, men de klokes tunge bringer legedom.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Det er noen som taler som med sværdsår, men de vises tunge bringer helbred.

• Norsk King James

  Det finnes dem som taler som stikkende sverd; men den kloke tunge er helbredende.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Det er de som snakker uten ettertanke, som stikker som et sverd, men de vises tunge gir helbredelse.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Det er noen hvis tale sårer som sverdhugg, men de vises tunge bringer legedom.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Det finnes de som taler med sverdets stikk, men de vises tunge bringer legedom.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Noen taler med ord som stikker som et sverd, men den vise sin tunge bringer helbred.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  Det finnes de som taler med sverdets stikk, men de vises tunge bringer legedom.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Ubetenksomme ord stikker som sverd, men de vises tunge er helsebringende.

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Det finnes noen som prater som sværdsnitt, men de vises tunge gir helbred.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Der er den, som taler ubetænksomme (Ord, som ere) ligesom Sting med et Sværd, men de Vises Tunge er Lægedom.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Det finnes de som snakker som et sverd som stikker, men de vises tunge bringer helbred.

• KJV1611 - Moderne engelsk

  There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Det finnes de som taler ubesindig som sverdet stikker, men de vises tunge helbreder.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Den som snakker uvettig, sårer som et sverd, men de vises tunge er legende.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Den som taler tankeløst, sårer som et sverd; men de vises tunge gir legedom.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Noen taler ukontrollert som sverdets sår, men den vises tunge helbreder.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  A slaunderous personne pricketh like a swerde, but a wyse mans tonge is wholsome.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  A slaunderous person pricketh lyke a sworde: but a wise mans tongue is wholsome.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Referenced Verses

• Ps 57:4 : 4 He will send help from heaven and save me; He reproaches those who pursue me. Selah. God will send His steadfast love and His faithfulness.
• Prov 16:24 : 24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
• Prov 13:17 : 17 A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a trustworthy envoy brings healing.
• Prov 15:4 : 4 A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
• Prov 15:7 : 7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the hearts of fools are not upright.
• Ps 59:7 : 7 They return in the evening, snarling like dogs as they prowl the city.
• Prov 4:22 : 22 For they are life to those who find them and healing to all their flesh.
• Jas 3:6-8 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting the entire course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. 7 Every kind of animal, bird, reptile, and sea creature is tamed and has been tamed by mankind, 8 but no one can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
• Rev 1:16 : 16 He held seven stars in His right hand, a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth, and His face shone like the sun in its full brilliance.
• Rev 22:2 : 2 In the middle of the city’s street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, producing twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
• Prov 10:20-21 : 20 The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value. 21 The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense.
• Ps 64:3 : 3 Hide me from the secret counsel of evildoers, from the tumult of those who practice wickedness.
• Prov 25:18 : 18 Like a club, a sword, or a sharp arrow is a person who gives false testimony against his neighbor.
• Dan 11:33 : 33 Those who are wise among the people will instruct many, yet they will fall by the sword, flame, captivity, and plunder for some time.
• Ps 52:2 : 2 When Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul, saying, 'David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.'