Proverbs 15:4

American Standard Version (1901)

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

ASV Byzantine Text

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

Asang Khongca Bible

Kahoih lok kathui palai loe kami ngantuihaih ah oh; toe aling thaih palai loe poekhaih patangkhangsak.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Ol dongah hoeihnah aka om tah hingnah thingkung la om tih, a khuiah saveknah khaw mueihla pocinah ham ni.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Ol dongah hoeihnah aka om tah hingnah thingkung la om tih, a khuiah saveknah khaw mueihla pocinah ham ni.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

O ke elelo akahai oia ka laau o ke ola; O ka awahia iloko o ia mea, oia ka nahae ana o ka uhane.

English Berean Standard Bible

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

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Bon pawòl yon zanmi bay lavi. Men, move pawòl demanbre.

Clementine Vulgate 1598

Lingua placabilis lignum vitæ; quæ autem immoderata est conteret spiritum.

Bible in Basic English

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

French: Bible J.N. Darby

La bénignité de la langue est un arbre de vie, mais la perversité en elle est un brisement d’esprit.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Zdravý jazyk jest strom života, převrácenost pak z něho ztroskotání od větru.

Kosraean Bible

Kas kulang mwe akkeye kom, a kas toasr ac mwe akmunasye kom.

World Portuguese Bible

A língua suave é árvore de vida, mas a perversidade nela quebranta o espírito.

Romanian BTF Bible

O limbă sănătoasă este un pom al vieții, dar perversitate în ea este o spărtură în duh.

Brenton English Septuagint

The wholesome tongue is a tree of life, and he that keeps it shall be filled with understanding.

Burmese Common Language Bible

ဖြည်းညှင်းသောလျှာသည် အသက်ဖြစ်၏။ ကြမ်းတမ်းသော လျှာမူကား စိတ်နာစေတတ်၏။

Darby Translation

Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life; but crookedness therein is a breaking of the spirit.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Lindigkeit der Zunge ist ein Baum des Lebens, aber Verkehrtheit in ihr ist eine Verwundung des Geistes.

Dutch Bible 1917

De medicijn der tong is een boom des levens; maar de verkeerdheid in dezelve is een breuk in den geest.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Rustige taal is een boom des levens, Heftige woorden wonden de ziel.

Italian Diodati Bible

La medicina della lingua è un albero di vita; Ma la sovversione che avviene per essa è simile ad un fracasso fatto dal vento.

Douay-Rheims 1899

A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is immoderate, shall crush the spirit.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Noyes Bible

A mild tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a wound in the spirit.

Danish Bible 1931

Et Livets Træ er Tungens Mildhed, dens Falskhed giver Hjertesår.

Leeser Tanakh

A healing [word] of the tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a breach to the spirit.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

A soothing tongue is a tree of life; but perverseness therein is a wound to the spirit.

King James Version

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

King James Version + Apocrypha

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

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Lưỡi hiền lành giống như một cây sự sống; Song lưỡi gian tà làm cho hư nát tâm thần.

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

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

Revised West Version

Ko e ʻelelo fakamoʻui ko e ʻakau ia ʻoe moʻui: pea ka talangataʻa ia ko e maumau ia ʻoe laumālie.

French Ostervald Bible

Une langue qui corrige est comme l'arbre de vie; mais une langue perverse est comme un vent qui brise tout.

Esperanto Bible

Milda lango estas arbo de vivo; Sed malbonparola rompas la spiriton.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

La langue douce est un arbre de vie, Mais la langue perverse brise l’âme.

German Luther Bible 1912

Ein heilsame Zunge ist ein Baum des Lebens; aber eine lügenhafte macht Herzeleid.

LXX2012 U. S. English

The wholesome tongue is a tree of life, and he that keeps it shall be filled with understanding.

British English Septuagint 2012

The wholesome tongue is a tree of life, and he that keeps it shall be filled with understanding.

Majority Standard BIble

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

Webster Bible

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

Revised Version

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

Italian Riveduta Bible

La lingua che calma, è un albero di vita, ma la lingua perversa strazia lo spirito.

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Une langue apaisante est un arbre de vie, mais la langue perverse brise l'esprit.

Reina Valera 1909

La sana lengua es árbol de vida: mas la perversidad en ella es quebrantamiento de espíritu.

Spanish BLL

La lengua que brinda consuelo es un árbol de vida, pero la lengua engañosa deprime el espíritu.

Spanish Free Bible for the World

La lengua sana es árbol de vida, mas la perversidad en ella es quebrantamiento de espíritu.

Croatian Bible

Blaga je besjeda drvo života, a pakosna je rana duhu.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Zdrav je jezik drvo životno, a opačina s njega kršenje od vetra.

German Textbibel

Gelindigkeit der Zunge ist ein Lebensbaum, aber Verkehrtheit an ihr bewirkt Herzeleid.

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

The wholesome tongue is a tree of life, And he that keeps it shall be filled with understanding.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

מַרְפֵּ֣א לָ֭שׁוֹן עֵ֣ץ חַיִּ֑ים וְסֶ֥לֶף בָּ֝֗הּ שֶׁ֣בֶר בְּרֽוּחַ׃

World English Bible

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

World English Bible (Catholic)

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

World English Bible British Edition

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

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon

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

World English Bible Classic

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

World English Bible Updated

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

World Messianic Bible

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

World Messianic Bible British Edition

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

Young's Literal Translation

A healed tongue [is] a tree of life, And perverseness in it — a breach in the spirit.

SEPTUAGINTA

ἴασις γλώσσης δένδρον ζωῆς, ὁ δὲ συντηρῶν αὐτὴν πλησθήσεται πνεύματος,

Brenton Septuagint

Ἴασις γλώσσης δένδρον ζωῆς, ὁ δὲ συντηρῶν αὐτὴν πλησθήσεται πνεύματος.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic)

Лимба дулче есте ун пом де вяцэ, дар лимба стрикатэ здробеште суфлетул.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish

Лагідний язик — се дерево жизнї, а необузданий — пригноблює духа.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible

Лагідний язик — се дерево жизнї, а необузданий — пригноблює духа.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic)

Здрав је језик дрво животно, а опачина с њега кршење од ветра.

Russian Synodal Bible

Кроткий язык - древо жизни, но необузданный сокрушение духа.

Hebrew Masoretic OT

מַרְפֵּ֣א לָ֭שֹׁון עֵ֣ץ חַיִּ֑ים וְסֶ֥לֶף בָּ֝֗הּ שֶׁ֣בֶר בְּרֽוּחַ׃

Modern Hebrew Bible

מרפא לשון עץ חיים וסלף בה שבר ברוח׃

Arabic Van Dyck Bible

هُدُوءُ ٱللِّسَانِ شَجَرَةُ حَيَاةٍ، وَٱعْوِجَاجُهُ سَحْقٌ فِي ٱلرُّوحِ.

Old Persion Version Bible

زبان ملایم، درخت حیات‌است و کجی آن، شکستگی روح است.

Judson Burmese Bible

ဖြည်းညှင်း သောလျှာ သည် အသက် ဖြစ်၏။ ကြမ်းတမ်း သော လျှာ မူကား စိတ် နာ စေတတ်၏။

Korean Bible 1910

온량한 혀는 곧 생명나무라도 패려한 혀는 마음을 상하게 하느니라

Japanese Freedom Bible

穏やかな舌は命の木であるが、 よこしまな舌は心を打ち砕く。

World Chinese Bible

温良的舌头是生命树， 舌中的诡诈却压伤人的灵。

Chinese Union Version (simplified)

温良的舌是生命树； 乖谬的嘴使人心碎。

Chinese Union Version (traditional)

溫良的舌是生命樹； 乖謬的嘴使人心碎。

Portuguese Bíblia Livre

Uma língua sã é árvore de vida; mas a perversidade nela é faz o espírito em pedaços.

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Mashi Bible

Olulimi lurhûliriza abandi: murhi gwa kalamo ci akalimi kabî kubabaza kababaza omurhima

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German Schlachter Bible 1951

Eine heilsame Zunge ist ein Baum des Lebens; aber Verkehrtheit in ihr verwundet den Geist.

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La Biblia en Español Sencillo

Una lengua reconfortante es un árbol de la vida, pero una lengua torcida es un aplastamiento del espíritu.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You)

Árbol de vida es la boca apacible, Pero la perversa es quebrantamiento de espíritu.

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

A marpeh lashon (a tongue of healing) is an Etz Chayyim, but selef (perversity) therein is crushing to the ruach (spirit).

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