Other translations
New Catholic Bible
Jab an eye and you will bring tears; jab a heart and you will lay bare its feelings.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
One who pricks the eye brings tears, and one who pricks the heart makes clear its feelings.
Good News Translation®
If you stick something in your eye, tears will flow; and if you hurt a person deeply, you will discover his true feelings.
Wycliffe Bible
He that pricketh the eye, shall lead out tears; and he that pricketh the heart, bringeth forth wit.
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
A man who pricks an eye will make tears fall, and one who pricks the heart makes it show feeling.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
One who pricks the eye brings tears, and one who pricks the heart makes clear its feelings.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
One who pricks the eye brings tears, and one who pricks the heart makes clear its feelings.
Common English Bible © 2011
Whoever pricks an eye will make tears flow, and whoever pricks a heart reveals its feelings.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Whoever jabs the eye brings tears; whoever pierces the heart bares its feelings.
Revised Standard Version
A man who pricks an eye will make tears fall, and one who pricks the heart makes it show feeling.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
One who pricks the eye brings tears, and one who pricks the heart makes clear its feelings.