Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
So is a
King James Version
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Holman Bible
so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
International Standard Version
Charcoal is to hot coals as wood is to fire; so also a quarrelsome man fuels strife.
A Conservative Version
[As] coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
American Standard Version
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
Amplified
Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
So is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Bible in Basic English
Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.
Darby Translation
As coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
Julia Smith Translation
As charcoal to burning coals and woods to fire, and a man of strifes to kindle strife.
King James 2000
As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
Lexham Expanded Bible
[As] charcoal [is] to hot embers and wood [is] to fire, so a man of quarrels [is] to kindling strife.
Modern King James verseion
As coals to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man to kindle fighting.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Coals kindle heat, and wood the fire; even so doth a brawling fellow stir up variance.
NET Bible
Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.
New Heart English Bible
As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.
The Emphasized Bible
Black coal to burning blocks, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man, for kindling strife.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
Themes
Contention » Contentious people
Contentiousness » The contentious spirit
Dissention » The contentious spirit
Fire » Things connected with » Burning coals
Speech/communication » Talebearers
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 26:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Fools
20
For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.
21
So is a
Cross References
Proverbs 15:18
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger quiets contention.
Proverbs 29:22
A man of wrath stirs up strife, and one given to anger causes much transgression.
2 Samuel 20:1
Now there happened to be there a worthless man, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he blew the trumpet and said, "We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel!"
1 Kings 12:2-3
And as soon as Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard of it (for he was still in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), then Jeroboam returned from Egypt.
1 Kings 12:20
And when all Israel heard that Jeroboam had returned, they sent and called him to the assembly and made him king over all Israel. There was none that followed the house of David but the tribe of Judah only.
Psalm 120:4
A warrior's sharp arrows, with glowing coals of the broom tree!
Proverbs 10:12
Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses.
Proverbs 30:33
For pressing milk produces curds, pressing the nose produces blood, and pressing anger produces strife.