Proverbs 18:8
Compared across 30 translations
English
The words of a whisperer (gossip) are like dainty morsels [to be greedily eaten];They go down into the innermost chambers of the body [to be remembered and mused upon].
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.
Listening to gossip is like eating cheap candy; do you really want junk like that in your belly?
The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,And they go down into the [e]innermost parts of the body.
The words of anyone who talks about others are like tasty bites of food. They go deep down inside you.
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.
Rumors are dainty morsels that sink deep into one’s heart.
Arabic
هَمْسَاتُ النَّمَّامِ كَلُقَمٍ سَائِغَةٍ تَنْزَلِقُ إِلَى بَوَاطِنِ الْجَوْفِ.
Danish
Sladder sluges med hud og hår og lagrer sig dybt i sindet.
German
Das Geschwätz eines Verleumders ist so verlockend! Es wird begierig verschlungen wie ein Leckerbissen und bleibt für immer im Gedächtnis haften.
Spanish
Los chismes son deliciosos manjares; penetran hasta lo más íntimo del ser.
Los chismes son deliciosos manjares; penetran hasta lo más íntimo del ser.
French
Les médisances sont comme des friandises :elles descendent jusqu’au tréfonds de l’être.
Hiligaynon
Ang kutsokutso daw pareho sa pagkaon nga namit usapon kag tunlon.
Japanese
陰口はよだれの出そうなごちそうのように、大いに食欲をそそります。
Korean
나쁜 소문을 퍼뜨리고 다니는 사람의 말은 맛있는 음식과 같아서 사람들은 그것을 삼키기 좋아한다.
nl
Naar de woorden van een roddelaar wordt gretig geluisterd, zij glijden zachtjes naar binnen en zetten zich vast in het gemoed van de toehoorders.
Portuguese
As palavras do caluniador são como petiscos deliciosos;descem até o íntimo do homem.
As conversas do caluniador são como saborosos petiscosque se engolem com muita facilidade.
Romanian
Cuvintele bârfitorului sunt ca nişte prăjituri; ele alunecă până în adâncul stomacului.
Russian
Слова сплетен – как лакомые куски, что проходят вовнутрь чрева.
Слова сплетен – как лакомые куски, что проходят вовнутрь чрева.
Слова сплетен – как лакомые куски, что проходят вовнутрь чрева.
Слова сплетен – как лакомые куски,что проходят вовнутрь чрева.
Swedish
Skvaller är läckerbitar som slinker ner i människans inre.
Thai
ถ้อยคำซุบซิบนินทาเหมือนอาหารโอชะเข้าไปยังส่วนลึกที่สุดของคนเรา
zh-Hant
閒言碎語如同美食, 深入人的五臟六腑。