Proverbs 15:1

American Standard Version (1901)

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

ASV Byzantine Text

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

Asang Khongca Bible

Loknaem mah palungphuihaih to dipsak; toe lokham mah loe palungphuihaih to tacawtsak.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Mongkawt la hlatnah loh kosi khaw a hlam tih, patangnah ol loh thintoek khaw a soeh.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Mongkawt la hlatnah loh kosi khaw a hlam tih, patangnah ol loh thintoek khaw a soeh.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

O KA olelo akahai, oia ke pale ae i ka huhu; O ka olelo huhu hoi, oia ke hoala ae i ka inaina.

English Berean Standard Bible

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Yon bon repons dous ap kalme yon moun ki ankòlè. Men, si ou reponn li rèd, w'ap fè l' pi eksite.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

[Responsio mollis frangit iram; sermo durus suscitat furorem.

Bible in Basic English

By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Une réponse douce détourne la fureur, mais la parole blessante excite la colère.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Odpověd měkká odvracuje hněv, ale řeč zpurná vzbuzuje prchlivost.

Kosraean Bible

Sie top fisrasr akmisyela kasrkusrak, a sie kas toasr ac purakak kasrkusrak.

World Portuguese Bible

A resposta branda desvia o furor, mas a palavra dura suscita a ira.

Romanian BTF Bible

Un răspuns blând înlătură furia, dar cuvintele apăsătoare întărâtă mânia.

Brenton English Septuagint

Anger slays even wise men; yet a submissive answer turns away wrath: but a grievous word stirs up anger.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ဖြည်းညှင်းသော စကားသည် စိတ်ကိုဖြေတတ် ၏။ ကြမ်းတမ်းသောစကားမူကား၊ အမျက်ကို နှိုးဆော် တတ်၏။

Darby Translation

A soft answer turneth away fury; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Eine gelinde Antwort wendet den Grimm ab, aber ein kränkendes Wort erregt den Zorn.

Dutch Bible 1917

Een zacht antwoord keert de grimmigheid af; maar een smartend woord doet den toorn oprijzen.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Een vriendelijk antwoord ontwapent de toorn, Een krenkend gezegde jaagt de woede op.

Italian Diodati Bible

La risposta dolce acqueta il cruccio ; Ma la parola molesta fa montar l'ira .

Douay-Rheims 1899

A mild answer breaketh wrath: but a harsh word stirreth up fury.

Geneva Bible 1599

A soft answere putteth away wrath: but grieuous wordes stirre vp anger.

Noyes Bible

A soft answer turneth away wrath; But harsh words stir up anger.

Danish Bible 1931

Mildt svar stiller vrede, sårende ord vækker nag.

Leeser Tanakh

A soft answer turneth away fury; but a mortifying word stirreth up anger.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

A soft answer turneth away wrath; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.

King James Version

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

King James Version + Apocrypha

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Lời đáp êm nhẹ làm nguôi cơn giận; Còn lời xẳng xớm trêu thạnh nộ thêm.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

A soft answer turneth away wrath: But grievous words stir up anger.

Revised West Version

‌ʻOku tekeʻi atu ʻae houhau ʻe he tali fakavaivai: ka ʻoku fakatupu ʻae ʻita ʻi he lea fakamamahi.

French Ostervald Bible

Une réponse douce apaise la fureur; mais la parole dure excite la colère.

Esperanto Bible

Milda respondo kvietigas koleron; Sed malmola vorto ekscitas koleron.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Une réponse douce calme la fureur, Mais une parole dure excite la colère.

German Luther Bible 1912

Eine linde Antwort stillt den Zorn; aber ein hartes Wort richtet Grimm an.

LXX2012 U. S. English

Anger slays even wise men; yet a submissive answer turns away wrath: but a grievous word stirs up anger.

British English Septuagint 2012

Anger slays even wise men; yet a submissive answer turns away wrath: but a grievous word stirs up anger.

Majority Standard BIble

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Webster Bible

A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

Revised Version

A SOFT answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger.

Italian Riveduta Bible

La risposta dolce calma il furore, ma la parola dura eccita l’ira.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Une réponse douce calme la fureur, mais une parole dure excite la colère.

Reina Valera 1909

LA blanda respuesta quita la ira: mas la palabra áspera hace subir el furor.

Spanish BLL

La respuesta amable calma el enojo, pero la palabra hiriente aumenta la furia.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

La blanda respuesta quita la ira, mas la palabra áspera hace subir el furor.

Croatian Bible

Blag odgovor ublažava jarost, a riječ osorna uvećava srdžbu.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Odgovor blag utišava gnev, a reč preka podiže srdnju.

German Textbibel

Eine gelinde Antwort stillt den Grimm, aber ein verletzendes Wort erregt den Zorn.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

Anger slays even wise men; Yet a submissive answer turns away wrath: But a grievous word stirs up anger.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

מַֽעֲנֶה־רַּ֭ךְ יָשִׁ֣יב חֵמָ֑ה וּדְבַר־עֶ֝֗צֶב יַעֲלֶה־אָֽף׃

World English Bible

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

World English Bible (Catholic)

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

World English Bible British Edition

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

World English Bible Classic

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

World English Bible Updated

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

World Messianic Bible

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

World Messianic Bible British Edition

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Young's Literal Translation

A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

SEPTUAGINTA

ΟΡΓΗ ἀπόλλυσι καὶ φρονίμους, ἀπόκρισις δὲ ὑποπίπτουσα ἀποστρέφει θυμόν, λόγος δὲ λυπηρὸς ἐγείρει ὀργάς.

Brenton Septuagint

Ὀργὴ ἀπόλλυσι καὶ φρονίμους, ἀπόκρισις δὲ ὑποπίπτουσα ἀποστρέφει θυμὸν, λόγος δὲ λυπηρὸς ἐγείρει ὀργάς.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Ун рэспунс блынд потолеште мыния, дар о ворбэ аспрэ ацыцэ мыния.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Відказ лагідний гнїв палкий гасить, а зневажливе слово розбуджує лютість.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Відказ лагідний гнїв палкий гасить, а зневажливе слово розбуджує лютість.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Одговор благ утишава гнев, а реч прека подиже срдњу.

Russian Synodal Bible

Гнев губит и разумных. Кроткий ответ отвращает гнев, а оскорбительное слово возбуждает ярость.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

מַֽעֲנֶה־רַּ֭ךְ יָשִׁ֣יב חֵמָ֑ה וּדְבַר־עֶ֝֗צֶב יַעֲלֶה־אָֽף׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

מענה רך ישיב חמה ודבר עצב יעלה אף׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

اَلْجَوَابُ ٱللَّيِّنُ يَصْرِفُ ٱلْغَضَبَ، وَٱلْكَلَامُ ٱلْمُوجِعُ يُهَيِّجُ ٱلسَّخَطَ.

Old Persion Version Bible

جواب نرم خشم را برمی گرداند، اماسخن تلخ غیظ را به هیجان می‌آورد.

Judson Burmese Bible

ဖြည်းညှင်း သော စကား သည် စိတ် ကိုဖြေ တတ် ၏။ ကြမ်းတမ်း သောစကား မူကား ၊ အမျက် ကို နှိုးဆော် တတ်၏။

Korean Bible 1910

유순한 대답은 분노를 쉬게 하여도 과격한 말은 노를 격동하느니라

Japanese Freedom Bible

穏やかな答えは憤りを退けるが、 厳しい言葉は怒りをかき立てる。

World Chinese Bible

柔和的回答使怒气消退， 暴戾的话语激起愤怒。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

回答柔和，使怒消退； 言语暴戾，触动怒气。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

回答柔和，使怒消退； 言語暴戾，觸動怒氣。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

A resposta suave desvia o furor, mas a palavra pesada faz a ira aumentar.

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Mashi Bible

Okushuza kwinjà kunarhûze oburhè, ci okushuza kubî kunazûse embaka.

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Eine sanfte Antwort dämpft den Grimm; ein verletzendes Wort aber reizt zum Zorn.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Con una respuesta suave, la ira es rechazada, pero una palabra amarga es causa de sentimientos de enojo.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

La amable respuesta aplaca la ira, Pero la palabra hiriente aumenta el furor.

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The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible

A soft answer turneth away chemah (wrath); but harsh devarim stir up anger.

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