Proverbs 12:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Young's Literal Translation
A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

King James Bible
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.

Hebrew
Speaking rashly
בּ֭וֹטֶה (bō·w·ṭeh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 981: To babble, to vociferate angrily

is like a piercing
כְּמַדְקְר֣וֹת (kə·maḏ·qə·rō·wṯ)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 4094: A piercing, stab, thrust

sword,
חָ֑רֶב (ḥā·reḇ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

but the tongue
וּלְשׁ֖וֹן (ū·lə·šō·wn)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 3956: The tongue

of the wise
חֲכָמִ֣ים (ḥă·ḵā·mîm)
Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's 2450: Wise

brings healing.
מַרְפֵּֽא׃ (mar·pê)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4832: Curative, a medicine, a cure, deliverance, placidity

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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