Proverbs 18:8
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly. | The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being. | The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts. |
In context
Who is speaking and to whom, what is happening, when and where, and why it matters, each with its sources. Coming with the context cards.
Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [the] words of | דִּבְרֵ֣י | div-REI | H1697G | wordדָּבָר (da.var) : word/speech/command 1) speech, word, speaking, thing 1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension) |
| a slanderer | נִ֭רְגָּן | NIR-gon | H7279 | whispererנִרְגָּן (nir.gan) 1) to murmur, whisper 1a) murmurers 1b) backbite, slander, talebearer, backbiter |
| [are] like delicacies | כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים | ke-mit-la-ha-MIM | H3859 | to swallowלָהַם (la.ham) 1) to gulp, swallow greedily 1a) (Hithpael) to be gulped |
| and they | וְ֝הֵ֗ם | ve-HEM | H1992 | theyאִנּוּן (in.nun) these, those, they Aramaic of hem.mah (הֵ֫מָּה "they(masc.)" H1992) |
| they go down | יָרְד֥וּ | ya-re-DU | H3381 | to go downיָרַד (ya.rad) 1) to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come down 1a2) to sink 1a3) to be prostrated 1a4) to come down (of revelation) 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to bring down 1b2) to send down 1b3) to take down 1b4) to lay prostrate 1b5) to let down 1c) (Hophal) 1c1) to be brought down 1c2) to be taken down |
| [the] chambers of | חַדְרֵי־ | chad-rei- | H2315 | chamberחֶ֫דֶר (che.der) chamber, room, parlour, innermost or inward part, within |
| [the] belly | בָֽטֶן׃ | VA-ten | H0990J | belly: abdomenבֶּ֫טֶן (be.ten) : abdomen 1) belly, womb, body 1a) belly, abdomen 1a1) as seat of hunger 1a2) as seat of mental faculties 1a3) of depth of Sheol (fig.) 1b) womb |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.