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Proverbs 12:18 Interlinear

“There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword but the tongue of the wise is health”

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Proverbs 12 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	יֵ֣שׁ	H3426	There is	there is or are (or any other form of the verb to be, as may suit the connection)
2	בּ֭וֹטֶה	H981	that speaketh	to babble; hence, to vociferate angrily
3	כְּמַדְקְר֣וֹת	H4094	like the piercings	a wound
4	חָ֑רֶב	H2719	of a sword	drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
5	וּלְשׁ֖וֹן	H3956	but the tongue	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,
6	חֲכָמִ֣ים	H2450	of the wise	wise, (i.e., intelligent, skilful or artful)
7	מַרְפֵּֽא׃	H4832	is health	properly, curative, i.e., literally (concretely) a medicine, or (abstractly) a cure; figuratively (concretely) deliverance, or (abstractly) placidity

Proverbs 12:18 (current)There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword but the tongue of the wise is health