PRO 18:8 Parallel View

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ULT The words of a murmurer are like things swallowed greedily,
 ⇔ and they themselves go down into the rooms of the belly.

UST People are eager to listen to what people who gossip say,
⇔ and what they say deeply affects those who hear it.

BSB  ⇔ The words of a gossip are like choice morsels
⇔ that go down into the inmost being.

OEB Slanderous words are like dainty morsels;
⇔ down they ghde to the innermost being.

WEB The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels:
⇔ they go down into a person’s innermost parts.

NET The words of a gossip are like choice morsels;
 ⇔ they go down into the person’s innermost being.

LSV The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds,
And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.

FBV Listening to gossip is like gulping down bites of your favorite food—they go deep down inside you.

T4T  ⇔ People enjoy listening to what gossips say like [SIM] they enjoy tasty food;
⇔ they accept what gossips tell them like [MET] they swallow tasty food.

LEB • are like delicious morsels, and they themselves go down to inner parts of the body.

BBE The words of one who says evil of his neighbour secretly are like sweet food, and go down into the inner parts of the stomach.

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JPS The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

ASV The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,
 ⇔ And they go down into the innermost parts.

DRA The words of the double tongued are as if they were harmless: and they reach even to the inner parts of the bowels. Fear casteth down the slothful: and the souls of the effeminate shall be hungry.

YLT The words of a tale-bearer [are] as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down [to] the inner parts of the heart.

DBY The words of a talebearer are as dainty morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

RV The words of a whisperer are as dainty, morsels, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

WBS The words of a tale-bearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

KJB The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.[fn][fn][fn]
(The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts/region of the belly.)

18.8 talebearer: or, whisperer

18.8 as wounds: or, like as when men are wounded

18.8 innermost…: Heb. chambers

BB The wordes of a slaunderer are very woundes, and go through vnto the innermost partes of the body.
(The words of a slaunderer are very woundes, and go through unto the innermost partes of the body.)

GNV The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.
(The words of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they go down into the bowls of the belly. )

CB The wordes of a slaunderer are very woudes, and go thorow vnto the ynmost partes of the body.
(The words of a slaunderer are very woudes, and go through unto the ynmost partes of the body.)

WYC The wordis of a double tungid man ben as symple; and tho comen `til to the ynnere thingis of the wombe. Drede castith doun a slowe man; forsothe the soulis of men turned in to wymmens condicioun schulen haue hungur.
(The words of a double tungid man been as symple; and tho comen `til to the ynnere things of the womb. Drede castith down a slowe man; forsothe the soulis of men turned in to womens condicioun should have hunger.)

LUT Die Worte des Verleumders sind Schläge und gehen einem durchs Herz.
(The Worte the Verleumders are Schläge and gehen one durchs Herz.)

CLV Verba bilinguis quasi simplicia, et ipsa perveniunt usque ad interiora ventris. Pigrum dejicit timor; animæ autem effeminatorum esurient.
(Verba bilinguis as_if simplicia, and ipsa perveniunt usque to interiora ventris. Pigrum deyicit timor; animæ however effeminatorum esurient. )

BRN Fear casts down the slothful; and the souls of the effeminate shall hunger.

BrLXX Ὀκνηροὺς καταβάλλει φόβος, ψυχαὶ δὲ ἀνδρογύνων πεινάσουσιν.
(Oknaʸrous kataballei fobos, psuⱪai de androgunōn peinasousin. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

דִּבְרֵ֣י

words

See how you translated the same use of words in 1:23.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְּ⁠מִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים

like,delicious_morsels

Solomon is saying that the words of a murmurer are like things swallowed greedily because people are eager to hear gossip. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “are listened to eagerly”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns

וְ֝⁠הֵ֗ם יָרְד֥וּ

and,they go_down

Solomon uses the word themselves to emphasize how significant it was that what murmurers say is listened to by others. Use a way that is natural in your language to indicate this significance. Alternate translation: “and those very words go down into”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ֝⁠הֵ֗ם יָרְד֥וּ חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן

and,they go_down inner_parts body

Here, Solomon speaks of the words of a murmurer staying in a person’s mind and affecting that person’s thoughts as if they were food that goes down into a person’s stomach. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “and they enter a person’s mind and affect his thoughts”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן

inner_parts body

Here, the rooms of the belly refers to the innermost part of a person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. Alternate translation: “the innermost part of a person”

Parallel PRO 18:8