Verse 21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Død og liv er i tungens makt, og de som elsker den, vil spise dens frukt.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Død og liv er i tungens makt, og de som elsker den skal ete dens frukt.

• Norsk King James

  Døden og livet ligger i tungens makt; de som elsker den, skal spise dens frukt.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Død og liv ligger i tungens makt, og de som elsker den, skal nyte dens frukt.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Død og liv er i tungens makt, og de som elsker den vil spise dens frukt.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  Død og liv er i tungens makt; og de som elsker den vil spise dens frukt.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Død og liv ligger i tungen, og de som elsker den, skal høste dens frukter.

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

  Død og liv er i tungens makt; og de som elsker den vil spise dens frukt.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  Død og liv er i tungens makt, og de som elsker den, skal spise dens frukt.

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "Proverbs.18.21", "source": "מָ֣וֶת וְ֭חַיִּים בְּיַד־לָשׁ֑וֹן וְ֝אֹהֲבֶ֗יהָ יֹאכַ֥ל פִּרְיָֽהּ׃", "text": "*māweṯ* and-*ḥayyîm* in-hand-of-*lāšôn* and-*ʾōhăḇeyhā* *yōʾḵal* *piryāh*", "grammar": { "*māweṯ*": "noun, masculine singular - death", "*ḥayyîm*": "noun, masculine plural - life", "*lāšôn*": "noun, feminine singular - tongue/language", "*ʾōhăḇeyhā*": "verb, qal participle, masculine plural with 3rd feminine singular suffix - those who love it", "*yōʾḵal*": "verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - eats/consumes", "*piryāh*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd feminine singular suffix - its fruit" }, "variants": { "*māweṯ*": "death/dying", "*ḥayyîm*": "life/living", "*lāšôn*": "tongue/language/speech", "*ʾōhăḇeyhā*": "those who love it/those who desire it", "*yōʾḵal*": "eats/consumes/partakes of", "*piryāh*": "its fruit/its result/its outcome" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Død og liv er i tungens makt, og de som elsker den skal spise dens frukt.

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Død og Liv ere i Tungens Vold, og hvo, den elsker, skal æde dens Frugt.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Død og liv er i tungens makt, og de som elsker den, skal spise dens frukt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Død og liv er i tungens makt, og de som elsker den skal spise dens frukt.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Død og liv er i tungens makt, og de som elsker den skal spise dens frukt.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  Død og liv er i tungens makt, og de som elsker den, vil spise dens frukt.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  Død og liv ligger i tungens makt, og de som har den kjær, skal spise dens frukt.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Death and life stonde in the power of the tonge, he that loueth it, shal enioye the frute therof.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Death & life are in the power of ye tongue, and they that loue it, shal eate the fruite thereof.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Death and life are in the instrument of the tongue, and they that loue it, shall eate the fruite thereof.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Death and life are in the power of the tongue; Those who love it will eat its fruit.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Death and life `are' in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.

Referenced Verses

• Eph 4:29 : 29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
• Matt 12:35-37 : 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account for in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.
• Col 4:6 : 6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
• Prov 10:19-21 : 19 In the multitude of words, there is no lack of sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise. 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.
• Jas 3:6-9 : 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. 9 With it we bless God, even the Father; and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God.
• Prov 10:31 : 31 The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.
• Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
• Prov 13:2-3 : 2 A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. 3 He who guards his mouth keeps his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
• Prov 18:4-7 : 4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. 5 It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment. 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows. 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
• Eccl 10:12-14 : 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow him up. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. 14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
• Prov 12:13 : 13 The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the just will come out of trouble.
• Isa 57:19 : 19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace to him who is far off and to him who is near, says the LORD, and I will heal him.
• 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, those who have barely escaped from those who live in error.
• Titus 1:10-11 : 10 For there are many insubordinate, both idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, 11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.
• Rom 10:14-15 : 14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!"
• 2 Cor 2:16 : 16 To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is adequate for these things?
• 2 Cor 11:15 : 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform as ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.