21As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.


In Context

18 As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,

19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?

20 For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.

21 As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.

22 The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels, And they go down into the innermost parts.

23 Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

Proverbs 26:21 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:21[As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:21As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

26:21As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so an angry man stirreth up strife.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:21As coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:21As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to inflame strife.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:21As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:21As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:21Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:21As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.