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New Living Translation
Proverbs 26:21
A quarrelsome person starts fights as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood.
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Christian Standard Bible®
As charcoal for embers and wood for fire,so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
As charcoal for embers and wood for fire,so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
Hebrew Names Version
As coals are to hot embers, And wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
As coals are to hot embers, And wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
King James Version
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
English Standard Version
As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
New American Standard Bible
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious person to kindle strife.
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious person to kindle strife.
New Century Version
Just as charcoal and wood keep a fire going, a quarrelsome person keeps an argument going.
Just as charcoal and wood keep a fire going, a quarrelsome person keeps an argument going.
Amplified Bible
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
World English Bible
As coals are to hot embers, And wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
As coals are to hot embers, And wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Geneva Bible (1587)
As ye cole maketh burning coles, & wood a fire, so the contentious man is apt to kindle strife.
As ye cole maketh burning coles, & wood a fire, so the contentious man is apt to kindle strife.
Legacy Standard Bible
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Berean Standard Bible
Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Contemporary English Version
Troublemakers start trouble, just as sparks and fuel start a fire.
Troublemakers start trouble, just as sparks and fuel start a fire.
Complete Jewish Bible
As coals are to embers and wood to fire is a quarrelsome person to kindling strife.
As coals are to embers and wood to fire is a quarrelsome person to kindling strife.
Darby Translation
[As] coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
[As] coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
Easy-to-Read Version
Charcoal keeps the coals glowing, wood keeps the fire burning, and troublemakers keep arguments alive.
Charcoal keeps the coals glowing, wood keeps the fire burning, and troublemakers keep arguments alive.
George Lamsa Translation
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a malicious person to kindle strife.
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a malicious person to kindle strife.
Good News Translation
Charcoal keeps the embers glowing, wood keeps the fire burning, and troublemakers keep arguments alive.
Charcoal keeps the embers glowing, wood keeps the fire burning, and troublemakers keep arguments alive.
Lexham English Bible
As charcoal is to hot embers and wood is to fire, so a man of quarrels is to kindling strife.
As charcoal is to hot embers and wood is to fire, so a man of quarrels is to kindling strife.
Literal Translation
As coal to burning embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
As coal to burning embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Coles kyndle heate, and wodd ye fyre: euen so doth a braulinge felowe stere vp variaunce.
Coles kyndle heate, and wodd ye fyre: euen so doth a braulinge felowe stere vp variaunce.
American Standard Version
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
Bible in Basic English
Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.
Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
King James Version (1611)
As coales are to burning coales, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
As coales are to burning coales, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
As coles kindle heate, and wood the fire: euen so doth a brawling felowe stirre vp variaunce.
As coles kindle heate, and wood the fire: euen so doth a brawling felowe stirre vp variaunce.
English Revised Version
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
As deed coolis at quic coolis, and trees at the fier; so a wrathful man reisith chidyngis.
As deed coolis at quic coolis, and trees at the fier; so a wrathful man reisith chidyngis.
Update Bible Version
[As] coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
[As] coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
Webster's Bible Translation
[As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.
[As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.
New English Translation
Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.
Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.
New King James Version
As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
New Life Bible
An arguing man makes fights worse. He is like coals to burning wood and wood to a fire.
An arguing man makes fights worse. He is like coals to burning wood and wood to a fire.
New Revised Standard
As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Black coal to burning blocks, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man, for kindling strife.
Black coal to burning blocks, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man, for kindling strife.
Douay-Rheims Bible
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so an angry man stirreth up strife.
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so an angry man stirreth up strife.
Revised Standard Version
As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Young's Literal Translation
Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
THE MESSAGE
A quarrelsome person in a dispute is like kerosene thrown on a fire.
A quarrelsome person in a dispute is like kerosene thrown on a fire.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Contextual Overview
20 Fire goes out without wood, and quarrels disappear when gossip stops. 21 A quarrelsome person starts fights as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood. 22 Rumors are dainty morsels that sink deep into one's heart.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 10:12, Proverbs 15:18, Proverbs 29:22, Proverbs 30:33, 2 Samuel 20:1, 1 Kings 12:2, 1 Kings 12:3, 1 Kings 12:20, Psalms 120:4
Reciprocal: Proverbs 17:14 - beginning Proverbs 22:10 - General James 3:6 - the tongue
Cross-References
Ezra 4:6
Years later when Xerxes began his reign, the enemies of Judah wrote a letter of accusation against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
Years later when Xerxes began his reign, the enemies of Judah wrote a letter of accusation against the people of Judah and Jerusalem.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
As coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire,.... As brands, wood half burnt, or dead coals put to live and burning ones, soon take fire and become like them, and fit and proper fuel for them, and add to their heat:
so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife; or "a man of contentions" k; who is given to it, is full of it; it is agreeable to his natural temper and disposition; he is in his element when at it; such a man is as fuel to the fire, as a dead coal to a living one, which increases the heat of it; so does he, he kindles and spreads the flame of contention and strife.
k איש מדונים "vir contentionum", Montanus, Baynus, Piscator, Gejerus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Coals - Charcoal.
