Proverbs 26 · Verse 18

Proverbs 26:18

As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

Proverbs 26:18, King James Version

Proverbs 26:18 in other translations

BSB	Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
WEB	Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
ASV	As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,
YLT	As one pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,
DARBY	As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
BBE	As one who is off his head sends about flaming sticks and arrows of death,
Webster	As a mad man who casteth fire-brands, arrows, and death,

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 26:18-19

18-19. Such are reckless of results.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 26:18-19

He that sins in jest, must repent in earnest, or his sin will be his ruin.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כְּֽ֭מִתְלַהְלֵהַּKe.mit.lah.le.ahlike a madmanH3856

הַיֹּרֶ֥הhai.yo.Rehwho throwsH3384

זִקִּ֗יםzi.Kimburning arrowsH2131

חִצִּ֥יםchi.TzimarrowsH2671

וָמָֽוֶת\׃va.Ma.vetand deathH4194

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Proverbs 25:18
A man that beareth false witness against his neighbour is a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.
Isaiah 50:11
Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Proverbs 7:23
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life.
Genesis 49:23
The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

firebrands. Heb. flames, or sparks. arrows.
7:23; 25:18; Ge 49:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Proverbs 26:17
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Proverbs 26:18
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
Proverbs 26:19
So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Como el que enloquece, y echa llamas y saetas y muerte,
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Comme un fou qui jette des brandons, des flèches, et la mort,
German Elberfelder 1871	Wie ein Wahnsinniger, der Brandgeschosse, Pfeile und Tod schleudert:
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Sicut noxius est qui mittit sagittas et lanceas in mortem,