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Proverbs 12:18
Compare Translations for Proverbs 12:18
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Holman Christian Standard Bible
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There is one who speaks rashly, like a piercing sword; but the tongue of the wise [brings] healing.
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English Standard Version
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There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
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King James Version
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There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
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The Message Bible
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Rash language cuts and maims, but there is healing in the words of the wise.
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New American Standard Bible
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There is one who speaks rashly like the thrusts of a sword, But the tongue of the wise brings healing.
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New International Version
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The words of the reckless pierce like swords, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
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New King James Version
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There is one who speaks like the piercings of a sword, But the tongue of the wise promotes health.
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New Living Translation
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Some people make cutting remarks, but the words of the wise bring healing.
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New Revised Standard
18
Rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
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American Standard Version
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There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
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The Bible in Basic English
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There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.
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Common English Bible
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Some chatter on like a stabbing sword, but a wise tongue heals.
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
18
Some chatter on like a stabbing sword, but a wise tongue heals.
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The Complete Jewish Bible
18
Idle talk can pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise can heal.
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The Darby Translation
18
There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.
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Good News Translation
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Thoughtless words can wound as deeply as any sword, but wisely spoken words can heal.
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
18
Thoughtless words can wound as deeply as any sword, but wisely spoken words can heal.
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GOD'S WORD Translation
18
Careless words stab like a sword, but the words of wise people bring healing.
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Hebrew Names Version
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There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, But the tongue of the wise heals.
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Jubilee Bible 2000
18
There are
those
that speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise
is
medicine.
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
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Lexham English Bible
18
There is one who speaks rashly, like the thrust of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
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Septuagint Bible w/ Apocrypha
18
Some wound as they speak, swords; but the tongues of the wise heal.
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New Century Version
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Careless words stab like a sword, but wise words bring healing.
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New International Reader's Version
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Thoughtless words cut like a sword. But the tongue of wise people brings healing.
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
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Rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
18
There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.
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Revised Standard Version
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There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
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There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
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Third Millennium Bible
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There is he that speaketh like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is healing.
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
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There is he that speaketh like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise is healing.
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The Latin Vulgate
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est qui promittit et quasi gladio pungitur conscientiae lingua autem sapientium sanitas est
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
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est qui promittit et quasi gladio pungitur conscientiae lingua autem sapientium sanitas est
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The Webster Bible
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There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.
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World English Bible
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There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, But the tongue of the wise heals.
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Wycliffe
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A man is that promiseth, and he is pricked as with the sword of conscience; but the tongue of wise men is health. (There is a person who speaketh, and his words cut like a sword; but the tongues of the wise give health.)
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Young's Literal Translation
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A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.
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