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


In Context

18 As he is guilty that shooteth arrows, and lances unto death :

19 So is the man that hurteth his friend deceitfully: and when he is taken, saith: I did it in jest.

20 When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease.

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

22 The words of a talebearer are as it were simple, but they reach to the innermost parts of the belly.

23 Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthen vessel adorned 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 American Standard 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 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.