Verse List for PROV 18:8

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B I ◄ ← Prov 18:8 ↓ → ► ═ ©

Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

OET (OET-RV) ‘News’ snippets from a gossip are like delicious snacks— ⇔ → they get absorbed like food going down into your stomach.

OET-LV the_words/messages _of a _slanderer are_like_delicacies and_they they _go _down the_chambers _of the_belly.

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

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB 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 • The words of a whisper 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.

Moff The words of a slanderer are like dainty morsels ⇔  swallowed and relished to the full.

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.

Drby 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.

SLT The words of the tale-bearer as dainty morsels, and they will go down to the chambers of the belly.

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

KJB-1769 The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.[fn][fn][fn]

KJB-1611 [fn][fn][fn]The words of a tale bearer are as wounds, and they goe downe into the innermost parts of the belly.
(The words of a tale bearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.)

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

Gnva 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 bowels of the belly.)

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

Wycl 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-tongued man been as simple; and those came till to the inner things of the womb. Dread casteth/casts/throws down a slow man; for_certain/truly the souls of men turned in to womens condition should have hunger.)

Luth Die Worte des Verleumders sind Schläge und gehen einem durchs Herz.
(The words the Verleumders are blows(n) and go on through heart.)

ClVg Verba bilinguis quasi simplicia, et ipsa perveniunt usque ad interiora ventris. Pigrum dejicit timor; animæ autem effeminatorum esurient.
(Words bilinguis as_if simple_things, and herself they_arrive until to interior belly. Pigrum deyicit fear; soul however effeminatorum esurient.)

UHB דִּבְרֵ֣י נִ֭רְגָּן כְּ⁠מִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים וְ֝⁠הֵ֗ם יָרְד֥וּ חַדְרֵי־בָֽטֶן׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὀκνηροὺς καταβάλλει φόβος, ψυχαὶ δὲ ἀνδρογύνων πεινάσουσιν.

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