GOD'S WORD® Translation
Careless words stab like a sword, but the words of wise people bring healing.

American Standard Version
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.

Berean Study Bible
Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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
There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

King James Bible
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

World English Bible
There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.

Young's Literal Translation
A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

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