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Proverbs 18:21

NETBible	Death and life are in the power¹ of the tongue,² and those who love its use³ will eat its fruit.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 18:21	The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 18:21	Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 18:21	Those who love to talk will experience the consequences, for the tongue can kill or nourish life.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 18:21	Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit--you choose.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 18:21	Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 18:21	Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 18:21	Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
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KJV	Death <04194> and life <02416> [are] in the power <03027> of the tongue <03956>_: and they that love <0157> (8802) it shall eat <0398> (8799) the fruit <06529> thereof.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 18:21	Death <04194> and life <02425> are in the power <03027> of the tongue <03956> , And those who love <0157> it will eat <0398> its fruit <06529> .
LXXM	yanatov <2288> N-NSM kai <2532> CONJ zwh <2222> N-NSF en <1722> PREP ceiri <5495> N-DSF glwsshv <1100> N-GSF oi <3588> T-NPM de <1161> PRT kratountev <2902> V-PAPNP authv <846> D-GSF edontai <2068> V-FMI-3P touv <3588> T-APM karpouv <2590> N-APM authv <846> D-GSF
NET [draft] ITL	Death <04194> and life <02416> are in the power <03027> of the tongue <03956> , and those who love <0157> its use will eat <0398> its fruit <06529> .
HEBREW	hyrp <06529> lkay <0398> hybhaw <0157> Nwsl <03956> dyb <03027> Myyxw <02416> twm (18:21) <04194>

NETBible

Death and life are in the power¹ of the tongue,² and those who love its use³ will eat its fruit.

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “in the hand of.”

²sn What people say can lead to life or death. The Midrash on Psalms shows one way the tongue [what is said] can cause death: “The evil tongue slays three, the slanderer, the slandered, and the listener” (Midrash Tehillim 52:2). See J. G. Williams, “The Power of Form: A Study of Biblical Proverbs,” Semeia 17 (1980): 35-38.

³tn The referent of “it” must be the tongue, i.e., what the tongue says (= “its use”). So those who enjoy talking, indulging in it, must “eat” its fruit, whether good or bad. The expression “eating the fruit” is an implied comparison; it means accept the consequences of loving to talk (cf. TEV).