NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Whoso keepethshamar (shaw-mar') to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc. his mouth peh (peh) the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to and his 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) keepeth shamar (shaw-mar') to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc. his soul nephesh (neh'-fesh) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental) from troubles tsarah (tsaw-raw') tightness (i.e. figuratively, trouble); transitively, a female rival -- adversary, adversity, affliction, anguish, distress, tribulation, trouble. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible He who guards his mouth and his tongue, Guards his soul from troubles. King James Bible Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue keepeth his soul from troubles. Holman Christian Standard Bible The one who guards his mouth and tongue keeps himself out of trouble. International Standard Version Whoever watches his mouth and tongue keeps himself from trouble. NET Bible The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles. Aramaic Bible in Plain English He that keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from trouble. GOD'S WORD® Translation Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps himself out of trouble. King James 2000 Bible Whosoever keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles. Links Proverbs 21:23Proverbs 21:23 NIV Proverbs 21:23 NLT Proverbs 21:23 ESV Proverbs 21:23 NASB Proverbs 21:23 KJV |
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