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Douay-Rheims
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A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is immoderate, shall crush the spirit.
King James
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A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Louis Second
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La langue douce est un arbre de vie, Mais la langue perverse brise l'âme
Martin Luther
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Eine heilsame Zunge ist ein Baum des Lebens; aber eine lügenhaftige macht Her
Vulgate
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lingua placabilis lignum vitae quae inmoderata est conteret spiritum

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary


lingua : language, tongue, speech.
quae : (neut. plur. nom.) WHAT cannot be avoided must be endured.
quae : (neut. pl. acc.) those things WHICH we must have.
quae : (fem. pl. nom.) Let THOSE (women) WHO have ears to hear .