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


In Context

18 Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,

19 is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, |Am I not joking?|

20 For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.

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

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

23 Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.

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 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 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.