Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1697 [e] דִּבְרֵ֣י diḇ-rê The words N-mpc 5372 [e] נִ֭רְגָּן nir-gān of a talebearer V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms 3859 [e] כְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑ים kə-miṯ-la-hă-mîm; [are] like tasty trifles Prep-k | V-Hitpael-Prtcpl-mp 1992 [e] וְ֝הֵ֗ם wə-hêm, and they Conj-w | Pro-3mp 3381 [e] יָרְד֥וּ yā-rə-ḏū go down V-Qal-Perf-3cp 2315 [e] חַדְרֵי־ ḥaḏ-rê- into the N-mpc 990 [e] בָֽטֶן׃ ḇā-ṭen. inmost body N-fs

New American Standard Bible
The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

King James Bible
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A gossip's words are like choice food that goes down to one's innermost being.

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Proverbs 12:18 There is that speaks like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue …

Proverbs 16:28 A fraudulent man sows strife: and a whisperer separates chief friends.

Proverbs 26:20-22 Where no wood is, there the fire goes out: so where there is no talebearer, …

Leviticus 19:16 You shall not go up and down as a talebearer among your people: neither …

Psalm 52:2 The tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

Psalm 64:3,4 Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot …

tale-bearer or whisperer, as wounds or like as when men are wounded. innermost parts or chambers.

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