Proverbs 18:21
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18:21Death and life are in the power71 of the tongue,72
and those who love its use73 will eat its fruit.
Footnotes
- 71 Heb “in the hand of.”
- 72 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.
- 73 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. ).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruits.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
The tongue has the power of life and death,
and those who love it will eat its fruit.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love it will eat its fruit.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The tongue can bring death or life;
those who love to talk will reap the consequences.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
and those who love her will eat of her fruit.
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KJV 1900King James Version
Death and life are in the power of the tongue:
And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
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