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


In Context

18 As a mad man who casteth fire-brands, arrows, and death,

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

20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no tale-bearer, the strife ceaseth.

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

22 The words of a tale-bearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered 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 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 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.