Proverbs 15:18
WEB
A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife.
BSB
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
KJV
A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
Matthew Henry
Hebrew interlinear
H376
n-m — man
Derivation: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant);
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV: also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
n.m — man
אִישׁ 2166 n.m. man (= vir)
H2534
n-f — heat, anger, poison
Derivation: or (Daniel 11:44) חֵמָא; from 3179;
heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
KJV: anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(-ful). See 2529.
n.f — heat
חֵמָה, (once חֵמָא) 121 n.f. heat, rage
1. heat:
a. fever
b. venom, poison
2. burning anger, rage:
a. of man
b. of the he-goat in Daniel's vision
a. of God
H1624
v — to grate, to anger
Derivation: a primitive root;
properly, to grate, i.e. (figuratively) to anger
KJV: contend, meddle, stir up, strive.
vb — stir up
[גָּרָה] vb. only Pi. stir up strife, Hithp. engage in strife
H4066
n-m — contest, quarrel
Derivation: from 1777;
a contest or quarrel
KJV: brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. Compare 4079, 4090.
n.m — strife
מָדוֹן n.m. strife, contention
1. strife, contention
2. object of contention
H750
a — long
Derivation: from 748;
long
KJV: long(-suffering, -winged), patient, slow (to anger).
adj — long
[אָרֵךְ] adj. long
H639
n-m — nose, nostril, face, person, ire
Derivation: from 599;
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
KJV: anger(-gry), before, countenance, face, forebearing, forehead, (long-) suffering, nose, nostril, snout, × worthy, wrath.
n.m — nostril
אַף 277 n.m. nostril, nose, face, anger
1. nostril, as organ of breathing
2. Dn. face
3. mostly anger
H8252
v — repose
Derivation: a primitive root;
to repose (usually figurative)
KJV: appease, idleness, (at, be at, be in, give) quiet(-ness), (be at, be in, give, have, take) rest, settle, be still.
vb — be quiet
שָׁקַט vb. be quiet, undisturbed
Qal be quiet, undisturbed
1. of land, at peace
2. be quiet, inactive
Hiph.
1. shew quietness (inner causat.), of men
2. cause quietness
H7379
n-m — contest
Derivation: or רִב; from 7378;
a contest (personal or legal)
KJV: adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
n.m — strife
רִיב 62 n.m. strife, dispute
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Verse 18
Proverbs 15:18
Here is, 1. Passion the great make-bate. Thence come wars and fightings. Anger strikes the fire which sets cities and churches into a flame: A wrathful man, with his peevish passionate reflections, stirs up strife, and sets people together by the ears; he gives occasion to others to quarrel, and takes the occasion that others give, though ever so trifling. When men carry their resentments too far, one quarrel still produces another. 2. Meekness the great peace-maker: He that is slow to anger not only prevents strife, that it be not kindled, but appeases it if it be already kindled, brings water to the flame, unites those again that have fallen out, and by gentle methods brings them to mutual concessions for peace-sake.