As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Ascoals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.
WEB
Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
YLT
Coal to burning coals, and wood to fire, And a man of contentions to kindle strife.
DBT
[As] coals for hot coals, and wood for fire, so is a contentious man to inflame strife.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.