The Meaning of Proverbs 26:18 Explained

Proverbs 26:18

KJV: As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

YLT: As one pretending to be feeble, Who is casting sparks, arrows, and death,

Darby: As a madman who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

ASV: As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,

KJV Reverse Interlinear

As a mad  [man] who casteth  firebrands,  arrows,  and death, 

What does Proverbs 26:18 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 26

1  observations about fools
13  about sluggards
17  and about contentious busybodies

What do the individual words in Proverbs 26:18 mean?

Like a madman who throws firebrands arrows and death
כְּֽ֭מִתְלַהְלֵהַּ הַיֹּרֶ֥ה זִקִּ֗ים חִצִּ֥ים וָמָֽוֶת

כְּֽ֭מִתְלַהְלֵהַּ  Like  a  madman 
Parse: Preposition-k, Verb, Hitpael, Participle, masculine singular
Root: יָלַהּ 
Sense: (Qal) to languish, faint.
הַיֹּרֶ֥ה  who  throws 
Parse: Article, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: יׄורֶה 
Sense: to throw, shoot, cast, pour.
זִקִּ֗ים  firebrands 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: זִיקֹות 
Sense: spark, missile, firebrand, flaming arrow.
חִצִּ֥ים  arrows 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: חֵץ  
Sense: arrow.
וָמָֽוֶת  and  death 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָוֶת  
Sense: death, dying, Death (personified), realm of the dead.

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