Other translations
New Catholic Bible
Do not engage in a dispute with an argumentative man and thereby heap wood upon his fire.
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Do not argue with the loud of mouth, and do not heap wood on their fire.
Good News Translation®
Don't argue with someone who talks too much; you will just be adding fuel to his fire.
Wycliffe Bible
Chide thou not with a man, a jangler, and lay thou not trees into his fire. [Strive thou not with a tonguey man, and do not prepare thou into the fire of him wood.]
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Do not argue with a chatterer, nor heap wood on his fire.
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Do not argue with the loud of mouth, and do not heap wood on their fire.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Do not argue with the loud of mouth, and do not heap wood on their fire.
Common English Bible © 2011
Don’t fight with talkative people, adding fuel to their fire.
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Do not quarrel with loud-mouths, or heap wood upon their fire.
Revised Standard Version
Do not argue with a chatterer, nor heap wood on his fire.
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
Do not argue with the loud of mouth, and do not heap wood on their fire.