Proverbs 15:4
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. | A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit. | A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| healing of | מַרְפֵּ֣א | mar-PE' | H4832 | healingמַרְפֵּא (mar.pe) 1) health, healing, cure 1a) healing, cure 1b) health, profit, sound (of mind) 1c) healing 1c1) incurable (with negative) |
| tongue | לָ֭שׁוֹן | LA-shon | H3956G | tongueלָשׁוֹן (la.shon) : tongue/words 1) tongue 1a) tongue (of men) 1a1) tongue (literal) 1a2) tongue (organ of speech) 1b) language 1c) tongue (of animals) 1d) tongue (of fire) 1e) wedge, bay of sea (tongue-shaped) |
| [is] a tree of | עֵ֣ץ | 'etz | H6086H | tree: woodעֵץ (ets) : wood 1) tree, wood, timber, stock, plank, stalk, stick, gallows 1a) tree, trees 1b) wood, pieces of wood, gallows, firewood, cedar-wood, woody flax |
| life | חַיִּ֑ים | chai-YIM | H2416E | lifeחַיִּים (chay.yim) 1) life (abstract emphatic) 1a) life 1b) sustenance, maintenance |
| and perverseness | וְסֶ֥לֶף | ve-SE-lef | H5558 | crookednessסֶ֫לֶף (se.leph) crookedness, perverseness, crooked dealing |
| [is] brokenness | שֶׁ֣בֶר | SHE-ver | H7667 | breakingשֶׁ֫בֶר (she.ver) 1) breaking, fracture, crushing, breach, crash, ruin, shattering 1a) breaking, fracture, shattering, crushing 1b) crashing 1c) breaking (of a dream), interpretation 1d) quarries |
| in spirit | בְּרֽוּחַ׃ | be-RU-ach | H7307G | spiritרוּחַ (ru.ach) : spirit 1) wind, breath, mind, spirit 1a) breath 1b) wind 1b1) of heaven 1b2) quarter (of wind), side 1b3) breath of air 1b4) air, gas 1b5) vain, empty thing 1c) spirit (as that which breathes quickly in animation or agitation) 1c1) spirit, animation, vivacity, vigour 1c2) courage 1c3) temper, anger 1c4) impatience, patience 1c5) spirit, disposition (as troubled, bitter, discontented) 1c6) disposition (of various kinds), unaccountable or uncontrollable impulse 1c7) prophetic spirit 1d) spirit (of the living, breathing being in man and animals) … |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.