Proverbs 26:21

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

Translations

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

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

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

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

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

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

Como carbòn para las brasas y leña para el fuego,
asì es el hombre rencilloso para encender contiendas.

A quarrelsome person in a dispute
is like kerosene thrown on a fire.

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

Como carbòn para las brasas y leña para el fuego,
Asì es el hombre rencilloso para encender pleitos.

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

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

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