Proverbs 25:15 - The Scriptures 2009 Through patience a ruler is persuaded, And a soft tongue shatters a bone. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition By long forbearance and calmness of spirit a judge or ruler is persuaded, and soft speech breaks down the most bonelike resistance. [Gen. 32:4; I Sam. 25:24; Prov. 15:1; 16:14.] American Standard Version (1901) By long forbearing is a ruler persuaded, And a soft tongue breaketh the bone. Common English Bible A commander can be persuaded with patience, and a tender tongue can break a bone. Catholic Public Domain Version By patience, a leader shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version By patience a prince shall be appeased, and a soft tongue shall break hardness. |
A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up displeasure.
The sovereign’s wrath is a messenger of death, But a wise man appeases it.
He who is patient is better than the mighty, And he who rules over his spirit than he who takes a city.
If the spirit of the ruler rises against you, do not leave your post, for calmness lays to rest great faults.
And he took some of it in his hands and went along, eating. And he came to his father and mother, and gave them, and they ate. But he did not make known to them that he took the honey out of the carcass of the lion.
And one of the young men informed Aḇiḡayil, the wife of Naḇal, saying, “See, Dawiḏ has sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he scoffed at them.