Proverbs 12:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יֵ֣שׁ בּ֖‪[d]‬וֹטֶה כְּמַדְקְר֣וֹת חָ֑רֶב וּלְשׁ֖וֹן חֲכָמִ֣ים מַרְפֵּֽא׃

Transliteration

yēš bôṭeh kəmaḏqərôṯ ḥāreḇ ûləšôn ḥăḵāmîm marpēʾ

Grammar Details

• *yēš*: particle of existence - there is
• *bôṭeh*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - babbling/speaking rashly
• *kəmaḏqərôṯ*: preposition + noun, feminine plural construct - like piercings of
• *ḥāreḇ*: noun, feminine singular - sword
• *ûləšôn*: conjunction + noun, feminine singular construct - and tongue of
• *ḥăḵāmîm*: adjective, masculine plural - wise ones
• *marpēʾ*: noun, masculine singular - healing

Word Meanings

• *bôṭeh*: babbling/speaking rashly/chattering/thoughtless speech
• *maḏqərôṯ*: piercings/stabbings/thrusts
• *ḥereḇ*: sword/knife
• *lāšôn*: tongue/speech/language
• *ḥăḵāmîm*: wise ones/wise people
• *marpēʾ*: healing/health/remedy

Referenced Verses

• Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions: and I lie{H8799)} even among them that are set on fire{H8802)}, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
• Prov 16:24 : 24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
• Prov 13:17 : 17 A wicked messenger falleth into mischief: but a faithful ambassador is health.
• Prov 15:4 : 4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
• Prov 15:7 : 7 The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so.
• Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they belch out{H8686)} with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear{H8802)}?
• Prov 4:22 : 22 For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh.
• Jas 3:6-8 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. 7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: 8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
• Rev 1:16 : 16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp twoedged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
• Rev 22:2 : 2 In the midst of the street of it, and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month: and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
• Prov 10:20-21 : 20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. 21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
• Ps 64:3 : 3 Who whet{H8804)} their tongue like a sword, and bend{H8804)} their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
• Prov 25:18 : 18 A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
• Dan 11:33 : 33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
• Ps 52:2 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth{H8799)} mischiefs; like a sharp{H8794)} razor, working{H8802)} deceitfully.