NASB Lexicon
KJV Lexicon Where no'ephec (eh'-fes) cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot wood `ets (ates) a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks) -- + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood. is there the fire 'esh (aysh) fire -- burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot. goeth out kabah (kaw-baw') to expire or (causatively) to extinguish (fire, light, anger) -- go (put) out, quench. so where there is no talebearer nirgan (neer-gawn') a slanderer -- talebearer, whisperer. the strife madown (maw-dohn') a contest or quarrel -- brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. ceaseth shathaq (shaw-thak') to subside -- be calm, cease, be quiet. Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down. King James Bible Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. Holman Christian Standard Bible Without wood, fire goes out; without a gossip, conflict dies down. International Standard Version Without wood, the fire goes out. Without a gossip, contention stops. NET Bible Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases. Aramaic Bible in Plain English When there is no wood, the fire is extinguished, and where there is no troublemaker, strife ceases. GOD'S WORD® Translation Without wood a fire goes out, and without gossip a quarrel dies down. King James 2000 Bible Where no wood is, there the fire goes out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases. Links Proverbs 26:20Proverbs 26:20 NIV Proverbs 26:20 NLT Proverbs 26:20 ESV Proverbs 26:20 NASB Proverbs 26:20 KJV |
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