Proverbs 12:18

Hebrew	יֵ֣שׁ בּ֭וֹטֶה כְּמַדְקְר֣וֹת חָ֑רֶב וּלְשׁ֖וֹן חֲכָמִ֣ים מַרְפֵּֽא
ESV	There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
NIV	Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
NLT	Some people make cutting remarks, but the words of the wise bring healing.
LXX	εἰσὶνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. οἳplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὅς, ἥ, ὅ greek Meaning: * Who * Which * What The relative pronoun that connects a relative clause to a main clause, referring back to a noun or pronoun (called the antecedent). It is distinct from ὅτι (“that,” introducing indirect speech) and from ὅς as an interrogative in older Greek (meaning λέγοντες τιτρώσκουσιν μαχαίρᾳ γλῶσσαι δὲplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigδέ greek δέ is a conjunction that can mean “but” or “and” or “also” or “moreover”. It is a word that is used very frequently in the New Testament, and is often unexpressed and not translated in English. σοφῶν ἰῶνται
KJV	There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

^{Proverbs 12:17 ← Proverbs 12:18 → Proverbs 12:19}

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