Proverbs 18:21
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

Young's Literal Translation
Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

King James Bible
Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Hebrew
Life
וְ֭חַיִּים (wə·ḥay·yîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

and death
מָ֣וֶת (mā·weṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin

are in the power
בְּיַד־ (bə·yaḏ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 3027: A hand

of the tongue,
לָשׁ֑וֹן (lā·šō·wn)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 3956: The tongue

and those who love [it]
וְ֝אֹהֲבֶ֗יהָ (wə·’ō·hă·ḇe·hā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 157: To have affection f

will eat
יֹאכַ֥ל (yō·ḵal)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

its fruit.
פִּרְיָֽהּ׃ (pir·yāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 6529: Fruit

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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