Other translations
New Catholic Bible
Just as the fumes and smoke of a furnace precede the flames, so do insults precede bloodshed.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The vapor and smoke of the furnace precede the fire; so insults precede bloodshed.
Good News Translation®
Fumes and smoke appear before the flames do; insults come before violence.
Wycliffe Bible
Heat and smoke of fire is made high before the fire of a chimney; so and cursings, and despisings, and menaces, come before blood. [Before fire of the chimney, moist issue, and the smoke of fire, is enhanced; so and before blood curses, and wrongs, and threats.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The vapor and smoke of the furnace precede the fire; so insults precede bloodshed.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The vapor and smoke of the furnace precede the fire; so insults precede bloodshed.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
The vapour and smoke of the furnace precede the fire; so insults precede bloodshed.
Common English Bible © 2011
Before there’s a fire, a furnace has vapor and smoke; so before bloodshed there are insults.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
The billowing smoke of a furnace precedes the fire, so insults precede bloodshed.
Revised Standard Version
The vapor and smoke of the furnace precede the fire; so insults precede bloodshed.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
The vapour and smoke of the furnace precede the fire; so insults precede bloodshed.