Verse List for PROV 25:15

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OET (OET-RV) A ruler can be persuaded by being patient, ⇔ ≈ and a soft tongue can break a bone.

OET-LV By_length _of anger(s) a _ruler he _will _be _persuaded and_a _tongue soft it _will _break a _bone.

ULT By length of nostrils a commander may be persuaded, ⇔ and a soft tongue can break a bone.

UST People can persuade leaders by being patient, ⇔  and by speaking gently people can convince those who oppose them to agree with them.

BSB & MSB Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, ⇔  and a gentle tongue can break a bone.

OEB No OEB PROV book available

WEBBE & WMBB By patience a ruler is persuaded. ⇔  A soft tongue breaks the bone.

NET Through patience a ruler can be persuaded, ⇔ and a soft tongue can break a bone.

LSV A ruler is persuaded by long-suffering,
And a soft tongue breaks a bone.

FBV If you're patient you can persuade your superior, and soft words can break down opposition.[fn]

T4T ⇔  If someone keeps requesting a ruler long enough to do something, he will often agree to do it; ⇔  similarly, by speaking [MTY] gently we can often convince others that what we say is right [IDM].

LEB • With patience[fn] a ruler may be persuaded,
• and a soft tongue will break a bone.[fn]

BBE A judge is moved by one who for a long time undergoes wrongs without protest, and by a soft tongue even bone is broken.

Moff An angry man is pacified by forbearance, ⇔  and gentle words abate his ire.

JPS By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

ASV By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, ⇔ And a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

DRA By patience a prince shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness.

YLT By long-suffering is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh a bone.

Drby By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

RV By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
(By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh/breaks the bone.)

SLT In slowness to anger shall the prince be persuaded, and the soft tongue shall break the bones.

Wbstr By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

KJB-1769 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
(By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh/breaks the bone.)

KJB-1611 By long forbearing is a Prince perswaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation)

Bshps With pacience is a prince pacified, and with a softe tongue is rigorousnesse broken.
(With patience is a prince pacified, and with a softe tongue is rigorousness broken.)

Gnva A Prince is pacified by staying of anger, and a soft tongue breaketh the bones.
(A Prince is pacified by staying of anger, and a soft tongue breaketh/breaks the bones.)

Cvdl With pacience maye a prynce be pacified, & wt a soft tonge maye rigorousnes be broke.
(With patience may a prince be pacified, and with a soft tongue may rigorousnes be broke.)

Wycl A prince schal be maad soft bi pacience; and a soft tunge schal breke hardnesse.
(A prince shall be made soft by patience; and a soft tongue shall break hardness.)

Luth Durch Geduld wird ein Fürst versöhnet, und eine linde Zunge bricht die Härtigkeit.
(Through patience becomes a prince/ruler reconciled, and a/one gentle tongue breaks the hardness.)

ClVg Patientia lenietur princeps, et lingua mollis confringet duritiam.]
(Patientia lenietur prince, and tongue/language soft will_break hardness.])

UHB בְּ⁠אֹ֣רֶךְ אַ֭פַּיִם יְפֻתֶּ֣ה קָצִ֑ין וְ⁠לָשׁ֥וֹן רַ֝כָּ֗ה תִּשְׁבָּר־גָּֽרֶם׃ ‡

BrLXX Ἐν μακροθυμίᾳ εὐοδία βασιλεῦσι, γλῶσσα δὲ μαλακὴ συντρίβει ὀστᾶ.

BrTr In long-suffering is prosperity to kings, and a soft tongue breaks the bones.