Proverbs 26:22
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
KJV
Verba susurronis quasi simplicia, et ipsa perveniunt ad intima ventris.
Vulgate
λόγοι κερκώπων μαλακοί, οὗτοι δὲ τύπτουσιν εἰς ταμεῖα σπλάγχνων.
LXX
The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.
ASV
דִּבְרֵ֣י נִ֭רְגָּן כְּ/מִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים וְ֝/הֵ֗ם יָרְד֥וּ חַדְרֵי בָֽטֶן
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
דְבַר
dbr
noun · 1449×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
חַדְרֵי
chdry
noun · 37×
י
y
noun · 72×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
מִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים
mtlhmym
verb · 2×
נִ֭רְגָּן
nrgn
verb · 3×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Prov 15:4 — A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
- Prov 18:8 — The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
- Prov 26:20 — Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.