Verse 4

A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a break in the spirit.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Et legende ord er livets tre, men løgn ødelegger sjelen.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  En legende tunge er et livets tre, men falskhet i den er et sår i ånden.

• Norsk King James

  En sunn tunge er som livets tre, men vrang tale i tungen bryter sjelen.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Legende tale er et livets tre, men om den er forvridd, kan den bryte ned som en storm.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Et helbredende ord er et livets tre, men falskhet skader sjelen.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  En sunn tunge er et livets tre, men fordervelige ord bryter ned ånden.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  En livgivende tale er et livets tre, men ondsinnethet i den skader ånden.

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

  En sunn tunge er et livets tre, men fordervelige ord bryter ned ånden.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Mildhet i tungen er et livets tre, men svik i den knuser ånden.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

• biblecontext

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• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  En beroligende tunge er et livets tre, men uredelighet i den bryter ånden.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Tungens Lægedom er Livsens Træ, men (naar der er) et forvendt Væsen i den, (da er det, som naar Noget) sønderbrydes af Veir.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  En sunn tunge er et livets tre, men skjevhet i den bryter ned ånden.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  En mild tunge er et livets tre, men svik knuser ånden.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  En helbredende tunge er et livets tre, men fordervelse deri er et brudd i ånden.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  En mild tunge er et livets tre, men forvrengning i den knuser ånden.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  En trøstende tunge er et livets tre, men en vridd tunge knuser ånden.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  A wholsome tonge is a tre of life, but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mynde.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  A wholesome tongue is as a tree of life: but the frowardnes therof is the breaking of ye minde.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in the spirit.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  A gentle tongue is a tree of life, But deceit in it crushes the spirit.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  A healed tongue `is' a tree of life, And perverseness in it -- a breach in the spirit.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  A comforting tongue is a tree of life, but a twisted tongue is a crushing of the spirit.

• World English Bible (2000)

  A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse speech breaks the spirit.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 3:18 : 18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her: and happy is everyone who retains her.
• Prov 12:18 : 18 There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
• Prov 16:24 : 24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones.
• Prov 18:8 : 8 The words of a talebearer are like wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.
• Prov 18:14 : 14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
• Gen 3:22-24 : 22 Then the LORD God said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever: 23 Therefore the LORD God sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. 24 So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
• Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 3 You love evil more than good; and lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah. 4 You love all devouring words, O deceitful tongue.
• Ps 109:22 : 22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.
• Mal 4:2 : 2 But to you who fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise with healing in his wings, and you shall go forth and grow up like stall-fed calves.
• 1 Tim 6:3 : 3 If anyone teaches otherwise, and does not consent to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which accords with godliness;
• Rev 2:7 : 7 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give to eat from the tree of life, which is in the midst of the paradise of God.
• Prov 26:22 : 22 The words of a gossip are like wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.