Proverbs 26:21
New International Version
As charcoal to embers and as wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.

New Living Translation
A quarrelsome person starts fights as easily as hot embers light charcoal or fire lights wood.

English Standard Version
As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

Berean Standard Bible
Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

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

New King James Version
As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.

New American Standard Bible
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious person to kindle strife.

NASB 1995
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.

NASB 1977
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.

Legacy Standard Bible
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.

Amplified Bible
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to kindle strife.

Christian Standard Bible
As charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
As charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
A gridiron for coals and wood for fire, and a malicious man provokes dispute.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A hearth for coals, and wood for fire; and railing man for the tumult of strife.

Contemporary English Version
Troublemakers start trouble, just as sparks and fuel start a fire.

Douay-Rheims Bible
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire, so an angry man stirreth up strife.

English Revised Version
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to inflame strife.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
[As] charcoal fuels burning coals and wood fuels fire, so a quarrelsome person fuels a dispute.

Good News Translation
Charcoal keeps the embers glowing, wood keeps the fire burning, and troublemakers keep arguments alive.

International Standard Version
Charcoal is to hot coals as wood is to fire; so also a quarrelsome man fuels strife.

JPS Tanakh 1917
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; So is a contentious man to kindle strife.

Literal Standard Version
Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, | And a man of contentions to kindle strife.

Majority Standard Bible
Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

New American Bible
Charcoal for coals, wood for fire— such are the quarrelsome, enkindling strife.

NET Bible
Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.

New Revised Standard Version
As charcoal is to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome person for kindling strife.

New Heart English Bible
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.

Webster's Bible Translation
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

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

Young's Literal Translation
Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Similitudes and Instructions
20Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases. 21Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife. 22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.…

Cross References
Proverbs 15:18
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.

Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.


Treasury of Scripture

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

Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.

Proverbs 29:22
An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

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Proverbs 26
1. observations about fools
13. about sluggards
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Verse 21. - As coals are to burning coals. As black, cold charcoal feeds glowing charcoal, as wood feeds a lighted fire, so a quarrelsome man (Proverbs 21:9; Proverbs 27:15) supports and nourishes strife. The verse is the counterpart of the preceding. Septuagint, "A hearth for coal and logs for fire, and a reviling man for tumult of strife."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Like charcoal
פֶּחָ֣ם (pe·ḥām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6352: A coal

for embers
לְ֭גֶחָלִים (lə·ḡe·ḥā·lîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1513: An ember

and wood
וְעֵצִ֣ים (wə·‘ê·ṣîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6086: Tree, trees, wood

for fire,
לְאֵ֑שׁ (lə·’êš)
Preposition-l | Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

so is a quarrelsome
מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים (miḏ·yā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4066: A contest, quarrel

man
וְאִ֥ישׁ (wə·’îš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

for kindling
לְחַרְחַר־ (lə·ḥar·ḥar-)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2787: To be hot or scorched, to burn

strife.
רִֽיב׃ (rîḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7379: Strife, dispute


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