Proverbs 26:21

American Standard Version (1901) ☆

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

ASV Byzantine Text ☆

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

English Berean Standard Bible ☆

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

Bible in Basic English ☆

Like breath on coals and wood on fire, so a man given to argument gets a fight started.

Brenton English Septuagint ☆

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

Darby Translation ☆

[As] coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.

Douay-Rheims 1899 ☆

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

Geneva Bible 1599 ☆

As ye cole maketh burning coles, and wood a fire, so the contentious man is apt to kindle strife.

Noyes Bible ☆

As coal is for heat, and as wood for fire, So is a contentious man for kindling strife.

Leeser Tanakh ☆

As charcoals are added to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man fitted to enkindle a dispute.

JPS TaNaKH 1917 ☆

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

King James Version ☆

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

King James Version + Apocrypha ☆

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

KJV Cambridge Paragraph ☆

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

LXX2012 U. S. English ☆

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

British English Septuagint 2012 ☆

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

Majority Standard BIble ☆

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

Webster Bible ☆

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

Revised Version ☆

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

Updated Brenton English Septuagint ☆

A hearth for coals, and wood for fire; And a railing man for the tumult of strife.

World English Bible ☆

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

World English Bible (Catholic) ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition ☆

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

World English Bible British Edition with Deuterocanon ☆

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

World English Bible Classic ☆

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

World English Bible Updated ☆

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

World Messianic Bible ☆

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

World Messianic Bible British Edition ☆

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.

The Orthodox Jewish Bible - Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha - The Holy Bible ☆

As charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to eish; so is a contentious ish to kindle strife.

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Arabic Van Dyck Bible ☆

فَحْمٌ لِلْجَمْرِ وَحَطَبٌ لِلنَّارِ، هَكَذَا ٱلرَّجُلُ ٱلْمُخَاصِمُ لِتَهْيِيجِ ٱلنِّزَاعِ.

Burmese Common Language Bible ☆

မီးခဲချင်းပြုသကဲ့သို့၎င်း၊ ထင်းသည် မီးကိုမွေး သကဲ့သို့၎င်း၊ ရန်တွေ့တတ်သောသူသည် ခိုက်ရန်မှုကို ပြုစုတတ်၏။

Judson Burmese Bible ☆

မီးခဲ ချင်းပြုသကဲ့သို့၎င်း ၊ ထင်း သည် မီး ကို မွေး သကဲ့သို့ ၎င်း၊ ရန်တွေ့ တတ်သောသူ သည် ခိုက်ရန် မှုကို ပြုစု တတ်၏။

Asang Khongca Bible ☆

Hmaisaae to amngaeh moe, thing angqong baktih toengah, angzoeh koeh kami mah lok pungsak thaih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019 ☆

Hmai-alh dongah hmaisa-aek, hmai dongah thing a pup vanbangla, hohmuhnah neh olpungkacan aka saii hlang loh tuituknah a puek sak.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs ☆

Hmai-alh dongah hmaisa-aek, hmai dongah thing a pup vanbangla, hohmuhnah neh olpungkacan aka saii hlang loh tuituknah a puek sak.

Chinese Union Version (simplified) ☆

好争竞的人煽惑争端， 就如余火加炭，火上加柴一样。

Chinese Union Version (traditional) ☆

好爭競的人煽惑爭端， 就如餘火加炭，火上加柴一樣。

World Chinese Bible ☆

炭怎样加在热炭上， 柴怎样加在火上， 好争吵的人也怎样挑起纷争。

Croatian Bible ☆

Ugljen je za žeravnicu i drvo za oganj, a svadljivac da raspaljuje svađu.

Czech Kralická Bible 1613 ☆

Uhel mrtvý k roznícení, a drva k ohni, tak člověk svárlivý k roznícení svady.

Danish Bible 1931 ☆

Trækul til Gløder og Brænde til Ild og trættekær Mand til at optænde Kiv.

Dutch Bible 1917 ☆

De dove kool is om de vurige kool, en het hout om het vuur; alzo is een kijfachtig man, om twist te ontsteken.

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius ☆

Een blaasbalg bij gloeiende kolen, en hout op het vuur: Zo is een twistziek mens bij het ruziestoken.

Esperanto Bible ☆

Karbo servas por ardaĵo, ligno por fajro, Kaj homo malpacema por provoki malpacon.

French: Bible J.N. Darby ☆

Du charbon sur le brasier et du bois sur le feu, ainsi est l’homme querelleur pour échauffer les disputes.

French Ostervald Bible ☆

Le charbon est pour faire de la braise, et le bois pour faire du feu, et l'homme querelleur pour exciter les querelles.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible ☆

Le charbon produit un brasier, et le bois du feu; Ainsi un homme querelleur échauffe une dispute.

French Free Holy Bible for the World ☆

Comme le charbon nourrit les braises, et le bois le feu, ainsi l'homme querelleur attise la dispute.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible ☆

Kohle zur Glut und Holz zum Feuer, und ein zänkischer Mann zum Schüren des Streites.

German Luther Bible 1912 ☆

Wie die Kohlen eine Glut und Holz ein Feuer, also facht ein zänkischer Mann Hader an.

German Textbibel ☆

Wie Kohlen zur Glut und Holz zum Feuer, so dient ein zänkischer Mann zum Schüren von Streit.

German Schlachter Bible 1951 ☆

Zur Glut braucht es Kohlen und zum Feuer Holz, und um Streit anzufangen, einen zänkischen Mann.

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SEPTUAGINTA ☆

ἐσχάρα ἄνθραξι καὶ ξύλα πυρί, ἀνὴρ δὲ λοίδορος εἰς ταραχὴν μάχης.

Brenton Septuagint ☆

Ἐσχάρα ἄνθραξι καὶ ξύλα πυρὶ, ἀνὴρ δὲ λοίδορος εἰς ταραχὴν μάχης.

Haitian Creole Bible 1985 ☆

Chabon kenbe recho a limen. Bwa pa kite dife a mouri. Konsa tou, moun ki renmen chache kont toujou ap pouse dife.

Hawaiian Bible 1868 ☆

O ka nanahu i na nanahu wela, a me ka wahie i ke ahi, Oia ke kanaka huhu e hookonokono ana i ka hakaka.

Hebrew Masoretic OT ☆

פֶּחָ֣ם לְ֭גֶחָלִים וְעֵצִ֣ים לְאֵ֑שׁ וְאִ֥ישׁ *מִדֹונִים (מִ֝דְיָנִ֗ים) לְחַרְחַר־רִֽיב׃ פ

Modern Hebrew Bible ☆

פחם לגחלים ועצים לאש ואיש מדונים לחרחר ריב׃

Italian Diodati Bible ☆

Il carbone è per far brace, e le legne per far fuoco; E l'uomo rissoso per accender contese .

Italian Riveduta Bible ☆

Come il carbone da la brace, e le legna dànno la fiamma, così l’uomo rissoso accende le liti.

Japanese Freedom Bible ☆

熾火には炭、 火には薪。 争い好きな者は争いを燃え立たせる。

Korean Bible 1910 ☆

숯불 위에 숯을 더하는 것과 타는 불에 나무를 더하는 것 같이 다툼을 좋아하는 자는 시비를 일으키느니라

Kosraean Bible ☆

Mulut uh akngengye e, ac etong uh oru e uh in firir, oana ke mwet folkas uh pirik na akukuin in tia tui.

Clementine Vulgate 1598 ☆

Sicut carbones ad prunas, et ligna ad ignem, sic homo iracundus suscitat rixas.

Old Persion Version Bible ☆

زغال برای اخگرها و هیزم برای آتش است، و مرد فتنه انگیز به جهت برانگیختن نزاع.

World Portuguese Bible ☆

Como o carvão para as brasas, e a lenha para o fogo, assim é o homem briguento para acender contendas.

Portuguese Bíblia Livre ☆

O carvão é para as brasas, e a lenha para o fogo; e o homem difamador para acender brigas.

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Romanian BTF Bible ☆

Precum cărbuni sunt pentru cărbuni aprinși și lemn pentru foc, așa este un bărbat certăreț pentru aprinderea certei.

Romanian Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Дупэ кум кэрбунеле фаче жэратик ши лемнул, фок, тот аша ши омул гылчевитор апринде чарта.

Russian Synodal Bible ☆

Уголь - для жара и дрова - для огня, а человек сварливый - для разжигания ссоры.

Serbian DK Bible (Latin) ☆

Ugalj je za žeravicu, drva za oganj, a čovek svadljivac da raspaljuje svađu.

Serbian DK Bible (Cyrillic) ☆

Угаљ је за жеравицу, дрва за огањ, а човек свадљивац да распаљује свађу.

Mashi Bible ☆

Omuntu mukunizi kw’azûsa akadali kulîra, amakala gazûsa omuliro, kulîra bahira enshâli oku cîko.

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Reina Valera 1909 ☆

El carbón para brasas, y la leña para el fuego: y el hombre rencilloso para encender contienda.

Spanish BLL ☆

Como el carbón para las brasas y la leña para el fuego, así es el peleonero para encender conflictos.

Spanish Free Bible for the World ☆

El carbón para las brasas, y la leña para el fuego; y el hombre rencilloso para encender la contienda.

La Biblia en Español Sencillo ☆

Como aliento sobre carbones y leña en llamas, entonces un hombre dado a la discusión comienza una pelea.

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Spanish Bible (God's Word for You) ☆

El carbón para las brasas y la leña para el fuego, Y el pendenciero para encender la contienda.

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Revised West Version ☆

Hangē ko e malamala ki he malala vela, mo e fefie ki he afi; ʻoku pehē ʻae tangata faʻa fakakikihi kē.

Ukrainian Bible by P. Kulish ☆

Як уголь про жар, а дерево про огонь, так і сварливий про те, щоб роздувати сварку.

Ukrainian Freedom Bible ☆

Як уголь про жар, а дерево про огонь, так і сварливий про те, щоб роздувати сварку.

Vietnamese Bible 1923 ☆

Than chụm cho than đỏ, và củi để chụm lửa; Người hay tranh cạnh xui nóng cãi cọ cũng vậy.

Hebrew OT (WLC) ☆

פֶּחָ֣ם לְ֭גֶחָלִים וְעֵצִ֣ים לְאֵ֑שׁ וְאִ֥ישׁ מדונים לְחַרְחַר־רִֽיב׃ פ