Pro Přísloví, kapitola Kniha přísloví, kapitola 18
Ordspråksboken 18:21 i olika översättningar
Tjeckiska
BKR
Smrt i život jest v moci jazyka, a ten, kdož jej miluje, bude jísti ovoce jeho.
Svenska
SRB26
Tungan har makt över liv och död, och de som älskar den får äta dess frukt.
SKB
Tungan har makt över död och liv, de som älskar [att bruka] den får [också] äta dess frukt. [Vers 20 och 21 hör ihop. Frukt talar om konsekvenser, se Matt 7:17. Med tungan formar vi vårt tal och vår bekännelse, se Ords 15:3-4; Matt 12:35; Rom 10:9; Jak 3:2-12.]
Engelska
KJV (66 books)
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
DRA
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof.
FBV
What you say has the power to bring life or to kill; those who love talking will have to deal with the consequences.
GNV
Death and life are in the power of ye tongue, and they that loue it, shall eate the fruite thereof.
JPS
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that indulge it shall eat the fruit thereof.
LSV
Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue, || And those loving it eat its fruit.
NIV (US)
The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
OJB
Mavet and chayyim are in the power of the lashon, and they that love it shall eat the p'ri (fruit) thereof.
T4T
What you say can cause others to be killed or it can cause them to continue to live; so those who like to talk a lot must ◄accept the consequences/realize that what they say can cause much harm►.
WEB (US)
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.