Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 26:18
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Berean Standard Bible
Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
King James Version
As a mad [man] who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,
World English Bible
Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
American Standard Version
As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 26
16 The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
17 Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,
19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”
20 Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
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