Other translations
New Catholic Bible
A sudden quarrel kindles a fire, and a hasty dispute leads to bloodshed.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
A hasty quarrel kindles a fire, and a hasty dispute sheds blood.
Good News Translation®
An argument that blazes out suddenly can lead to violence.
Wycliffe Bible
Hasty striving shall kindle fire, and hasty chiding shall shed out blood; and a tongue bearing witnessing shall bring death. [An hasted strife shall tend fire, and hasting chiding shed out blood; and a tongue witnessing shall bring to death.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
A hasty quarrel kindles fire, and urgent strife sheds blood.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
A hasty quarrel kindles a fire, and a hasty dispute sheds blood.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
A hasty quarrel kindles a fire, and a hasty dispute sheds blood.
Common English Bible © 2011
A hasty quarrel sparks a fire, and hasty conflict sheds blood.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Pitch and resin make fire flare up, and a hasty quarrel provokes bloodshed.
Revised Standard Version
A hasty quarrel kindles fire, and urgent strife sheds blood.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
A hasty quarrel kindles a fire, and a hasty dispute sheds blood.