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Selected Verse: Proverbs 26:21 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Pr 26:21	Strong Concordance	As coals [06352] are to burning coals [01513], and wood [06086] to fire [0784]; so is a contentious [04079] [04066] man [0376] to kindle [02787] strife [07379].
	King James	As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Coals - Charcoal.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Coals - Charcoal.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
21 Black coal to burning coal, and wood to fire; And a contentious man to stir up strife. The Venet. translates פּחם by καρβών, and גּחלת by ἄνθραξ; the former (from פּחם, Arab. faḥuma, to be deep black) is coal in itself; the latter (from גּחל, jaham, to set on fire, and intrans. to burn), coal in a glowing state (e.g., Pro 25:22; Eze 1:13). Black coal is suited to glowing coal, to nourish it; and wood to the fire, to sustain it; and a contentious man is suited for and serves this purpose, to kindle up strife. חרר signifies to be hot, and the Pilpel חרחר, to heat, i.e., to make hot or hotter. The three - coal, wood, and the contentious man - are alike, in that they are a means to an end.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

21 Black coal to burning coal, and wood to fire;

And a contentious man to stir up strife.

The Venet. translates פּחם by καρβών, and גּחלת by ἄνθραξ; the former (from פּחם, Arab. faḥuma, to be deep black) is coal in itself; the latter (from גּחל, jaham, to set on fire, and intrans. to burn), coal in a glowing state (e.g., Pro 25:22; Eze 1:13). Black coal is suited to glowing coal, to nourish it; and wood to the fire, to sustain it; and a contentious man is suited for and serves this purpose, to kindle up strife. חרר signifies to be hot, and the Pilpel חרחר, to heat, i.e., to make hot or hotter. The three - coal, wood, and the contentious man - are alike, in that they are a means to an end.

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