Proverbs 18:8

In 11 translations

BSB

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

KJV

The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.talebearer: or, whispereras wounds: or, like as when men are woundedinnermost…: Heb. chambers

WEB

The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels: they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

ASV

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.

LSV

The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, || And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.

YLT

The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.

DBY

The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

DRC

The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry.

GNV

The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.

JPS

The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

LXXE

Fear casts down the slothful; and the souls of the effeminate shall hunger.

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Original-language editions

WLC

דִּבְרֵ֣י נִ֭רְגָּן כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים וְ֝הֵ֗ם יָרְד֥וּ חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃

LXX-Br

Ὀκνηροὺς καταβάλλει φόβος, ψυχαὶ δὲ ἀνδρογύνων πεινάσουσιν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
• Proverbs 16:28A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
• Leviticus 19:16You must not go about spreading slander among your people. You must not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.
• Proverbs 26:20–22Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases. Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into…
• Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
• Psalms 64:3–4who sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their bitter words like arrows, ambushing the innocent in seclusion, shooting suddenly, without fear.

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