Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)

Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 28:17

πληγὴ μάστιγος ποιεῖ μώλωπας, πληγὴ δὲ γλώσσης συγκλάσει ὀστᾶ.
King James Version (KJV)

The stroke of the whip maketh marks in the flesh: but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones.

Modern English

A whip's blow leaves marks on the skin, but a tongue's blow breaks bones.

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