Other translations
New Catholic Bible
If you blow on a spark, it will flare into a flame; if you spit on it, it will die out; yet you achieve both results with your mouth.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
If you blow on a spark, it will glow; if you spit on it, it will be put out; yet both come out of your mouth.
Good News Translation®
You can blow on a spark to make it glow, or you can spit on it to put it out. Either way, you do it with your mouth.
Wycliffe Bible
If thou blowest, as fire it shall burn on high; and if thou spittest thereon, it shall be quenched; ever either, that is, a word kindling ire, and a word refraining it, come forth (out) of the mouth. [If it shall blow, as fire it shall burn; and if thou shalt spit upon it, it shall be quenched; either from the mouth go forth.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
If you blow on a spark, it will glow; if you spit on it, it will be put out; and both come out of your mouth.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
If you blow on a spark, it will glow; if you spit on it, it will be put out, yet both come out of your mouth.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
If you blow on a spark, it will glow; if you spit on it, it will be put out; yet both come out of your mouth.
Common English Bible © 2011
If you blow on a spark, it will flame up, and if you spit on it, it will go out; nonetheless, both come out of your mouth.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
If you blow on a spark, it turns into flame, if you spit on it, it dies out; yet both you do with your mouth!
Revised Standard Version
If you blow on a spark, it will glow; if you spit on it, it will be put out; and both come out of your mouth.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
If you blow on a spark, it will glow; if you spit on it, it will be put out; yet both come out of your mouth.