Proverbs 26:18
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Like a madman 
 
3858b: to amaze, startlefrom lahah
who throwsהַיֹּרֶ֥ה
(hai·yo·reh)
3384: to throw, shoota prim. root
Firebrands,זִקִּ֗ים
(zik·kim)
2131: a missile, sparkof uncertain derivation
arrowsחִצִּ֥ים
(chi·tzim)
2671: arrowfrom chatsats
and death,וָמָֽוֶת׃
(va·ma·vet.)
4194: deathfrom muth


















KJV Lexicon
As a mad
lahahh  (law-hah')
also (from the exhaustion of frenzy) to languish -- faint, mad.
man who casteth
yarah  (yaw-raw')
to flow as water (i.e. to rain); transitively, to lay or throw (especially an arrow, i.e. to shoot); figuratively, to point out (as if by aiming the finger), to teach
firebrands
ziyqah  (zee-kaw')
what leaps forth, i.e. flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also (from the original sense of the root) a bond -- chain, fetter, firebrand, spark.
arrows
chets  (khayts)
a piercer, i.e. an arrow; by implication, a wound; figuratively, (of God) thunder-bolt; the shaft of a spear
and death
maveth  (maw'-veth)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin -- (be) dead(-ly), death, die(-d).
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Like a madman who throws Firebrands, arrows and death,

King James Bible
As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Like a madman who throws flaming darts and deadly arrows,

International Standard Version
Like the maniac who shoots fiery darts and deadly arrows—

NET Bible
Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Just as a braggart casts words like sharp arrows of death

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Like a madman who shoots flaming arrows, arrows, and death,

King James 2000 Bible
As a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,
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