NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon A wholesomemarpe' (mar-pay') curative, i.e. literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity tongue lashown (law-shone') the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water) is a tree `ets (ates) a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood. of life chay (khah'-ee) age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop. but perverseness celeph (seh'-lef) distortion, i.e. (figuratively) viciousness -- perverseness. therein is a breach sheber (sheh'-ber) a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream) -- affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation. in the spirit ruwach (roo'-akh) wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible A soothing tongue is a tree of life, But perversion in it crushes the spirit. King James Bible A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. Holman Christian Standard Bible The tongue that heals is a tree of life, but a devious tongue breaks the spirit. International Standard Version A gentle statement is a tree of life, but perverted speech shatters the spirit. NET Bible Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse tongue breaks the spirit. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The tree of life is the healing of the tongue, and he that eats its fruit will be filled by it. GOD'S WORD® Translation A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue breaks the spirit. King James 2000 Bible A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. Links Proverbs 15:4Proverbs 15:4 NIV Proverbs 15:4 NLT Proverbs 15:4 ESV Proverbs 15:4 NASB Proverbs 15:4 KJV |
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