Similitudes and Instructions
Proverbs 26:21
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
- KJV
- As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
- WEB
- As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
- ASV
- As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
- LSV
- Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, || And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
- YLT
- Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
- DBY
- [As] coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
- DRC
- As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so an angry man stirreth up strife.
- GNV
- As ye cole maketh burning coles, and wood a fire, so the contentious man is apt to kindle strife.
- JPS
- As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
- LXXE
- A hearth for coals, and wood for fire; and a railing man for the tumult of strife.
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- Written (Ketiv): מְדוֹנִים (“contentions”). Read aloud (Qere): מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים (“contentions”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads מִ֝דְוָנִ֗ים; read aloud (Qere) reads מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים (“contentions”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- פֶּחָ֣ם לְ֭גֶחָלִים וְעֵצִ֣ים לְאֵ֑שׁ וְאִ֥ישׁ מדונים לְחַרְחַר־רִֽיב׃Read aloud as (qere): מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים
- LXX-Br
- Ἐσχάρα ἄνθραξι καὶ ξύλα πυρὶ, ἀνὴρ δὲ λοίδορος εἰς ταραχὴν μάχης.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 29:22An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
- Proverbs 15:18A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
- 2 Samuel 20:1Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
- 1 Kings 12:2–3When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since. So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and the whole assembly of Israel came to Rehoboam…
- Psalms 120:4Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!
- Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions.
- 1 Kings 12:20When all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they summoned him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. Only the tribe of Judah followed the house of David.
- Proverbs 30:33For as the churning of milk yields butter, and the twisting of the nose draws blood, so the stirring of anger brings forth strife.”
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).