Proverbs 12:18
American King James Version (AKJV)
There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
American Standard Version (ASV)
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
Berean Study Bible (BSB)
Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
There are some whose uncontrolled talk is like the wounds of a sword, but the tongue of the wise makes one well again.
Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)
He who makes promises is also jabbed, as if with a sword, in conscience. But the tongue of the wise is reasonable.
Darby Bible (DBY)
There is that babbleth like the piercings of a sword; but the tongue of the wise is health.
Douay–Rheims Version (DRV)
There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.
English Revised Version (ERV)
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
Free Bible Version (FBV)
Some people's hasty words cut like a knife, but the words of the wise bring healing.
JPS Tanakh 1917 Old Testament / Weymouth New Testament (JPS / WNT)
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
King James Version (KJV)
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
New Heart English Bible (NHEB)
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
Webster Bible (Webster)
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
World English Bible (WEB)
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
World Messianic Bible British Edition (WMBB)
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.