Verse Comparison: Proverbs 15:4
American Standard Version
A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
Amplified® Bible
A gentle tongue [with its healing power] is a tree of life, but willful contrariness in it breaks down the spirit.
Darby English Version
Gentleness of tongue is a tree of life; but crookedness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
King James Version
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Revised Standard Version
A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.
Young's Literal Translation
A healed tongue `is' a tree of life, And perverseness in it -- a breach in the spirit.