Verse List for PROV 15:1

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OET (OET-RV) A gentle answer turns fury away, ⇔ ^ but a hurtful reply makes people angrier.

OET-LV An _answer soft it _turns _away rage and_a _message _of hurt it _raises anger.

ULT A gentle answer turns back heat, ⇔ but a word of pain lifts up a nose.

UST Replying gently to angry people will calm them, ⇔ but speaking harshly to them will make them angrier.

BSB & MSB A gentle answer turns away wrath, ⇔  but a harsh word stirs up anger.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB A gentle answer turns away wrath, ⇔  but a harsh word stirs up anger.

NET A gentle response turns away anger, ⇔ but a harsh word stirs up wrath.

LSV A soft answer turns back fury,
And a grievous word raises up anger.

FBV A kind reply wards off anger, but hurtful words make people mad.

T4T When people are angry with you, reply to them gently, and it will calm them; ⇔  but if you reply harshly to them, it causes them to become more angry.

LEB • A soft answer will turn away wrath,
• but a word of trouble will stir anger .[fn]

BBE By a soft answer wrath is turned away, but a bitter word is a cause of angry feelings.

Moff A mild reply turns wrath aside, ⇔  but a sharp word will stir up anger.

JPS A soft answer turneth away wrath; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.

ASV A soft answer turneth away wrath; ⇔ But a grievous word stirreth up anger.

DRA A mild answer breaketh wrath: but a harsh word stirreth up fury.

YLT A soft answer turneth back fury, And a grievous word raiseth up anger.

Drby A soft answer turneth away fury; but a grievous word stirreth up anger.

RV A SOFT answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger.

SLT A soft answer will turn away wrath, and a word of pain will bring up anger.

Wbstr A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

KJB-1769 A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.

KJB-1611 ¶ A soft answere turneth away wrath: but grieuous words stirre vp anger.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps A soft aunswere appeaseth wrath: but rough wordes stirre vp anger.
(A soft answer appeaseth wrath: but rough words stir up anger.)

Gnva A soft answere putteth away wrath: but grieuous wordes stirre vp anger.
(A soft answer putteth/puts away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.)

Cvdl A softe aswere putteth downe displeasure, but frowarde wordes prouoke vnto anger.
(A softe aswere putteth/puts down displeasure, but froward/ornery_or_disobedient words provoke unto anger.)

Wycl A soft answere brekith ire; an hard word reisith woodnesse.
(A soft answer breaketh/breaks ire; an hard word raiseth/raises madness/wildness.)

Luth Eine linde Antwort stillet den Zorn; aber ein hart Wort richtet Grimm an.
(A/One gentle answer quietens the anger; but a hard word directed wrath/fury at/to.)

ClVg [Responsio mollis frangit iram; sermo durus suscitat furorem.[fn]
([Responsio soft frangit anger; speech durus awakens fury.)

UHB מַֽעֲנֶה־רַּ֭ךְ יָשִׁ֣יב חֵמָ֑ה וּ⁠דְבַר־עֶ֝֗צֶב יַעֲלֶה־אָֽף׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὀργὴ ἀπόλλυσι καὶ φρονίμους, ἀπόκρισις δὲ ὑποπίπτουσα ἀποστρέφει θυμὸν, λόγος δὲ λυπηρὸς ἐγείρει ὀργάς.

BrTr Anger slays even wise men; yet a submissive answer turns away wrath: but a grievous word stirs up anger.