Verse 18

There are those who speak like the piercings 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.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• biblecontext

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• 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.

• 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 My soul is among lions, and I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
• Prov 16:24 : 24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones.
• Prov 13:17 : 17 A wicked messenger falls into mischief, but a faithful ambassador is health.
• Prov 15:4 : 4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a break in the spirit.
• Prov 15:7 : 7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but the heart of the foolish does not.
• Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouths; swords are in their lips, for who, they say, hears?
• Prov 4:22 : 22 For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.
• Jas 3:6-8 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of beast, and of bird, and of serpent, and of things in the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But no man can tame the tongue; 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 two-edged sword: and his face was like the sun shining in its strength.
• Rev 22:2 : 2 In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its 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 of little worth. 21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.
• Ps 64:3 : 3 Who sharpen their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words.
• Prov 25:18 : 18 A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.
• Dan 11:33 : 33 And those of the people who understand shall instruct many; yet for many days, they shall fall by sword and flame, by captivity and plunder.
• Ps 52:2 : 2 Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.