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Proverbs 26:18

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26:18Like a madman37 who shoots

firebrands and deadly arrows,38

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  1. 37 The term כְּמִתְלַהְלֵהַּ (kémitlahleah) is the Hitpalpel participle of the quadriliteral verbal root לִהְלֵהַּ (lihleah), which means “to amaze; to startle” ( 529 ). Here it functions as a substantive—the object of the preposition—and has the meaning of “madman” (cf. “maniac”). This is the only occurrence of the term.
  2. 38 Heb “arrows and death” (so , ). This expression can be understood as a nominal hendiadys: “deadly arrows” (so , ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Like a maniac shooting

flaming arrows of death

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,

NLTNew Living Translation

Just as damaging

as a madman shooting a deadly weapon

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Like a maniac who shoots

firebrands, arrows, and death,

KJV 1900King James Version

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