Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 657 [e] בְּאֶ֣פֶס bə-’e-p̄es With the end Prep-b | N-msc 6086 [e] עֵ֭צִים ‘ê-ṣîm of the wood N-mp 3518 [e] תִּכְבֶּה־ tiḵ-beh- [is] quenched V-Qal-Imperf-3fs 784 [e] אֵ֑שׁ ’êš the fire N-cs 369 [e] וּבְאֵ֥ין ū-ḇə-’ên and without Conj-w, Prep-b | Adv 7279 [e] נִ֝רְגָּ֗ן nir-gān one whispering V-Nifal-Prtcpl-ms 8367 [e] יִשְׁתֹּ֥ק yiš-tōq quiets down V-Qal-Imperf-3ms 4066 [e] מָדֽוֹן׃ mā-ḏō-wn strife N-ms

Berean Study Bible
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

Young's Literal Translation
Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Without wood, fire goes out; without a gossip, conflict dies down.

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. Proverbs 26:20 • Proverbs 26:20 NIV • Proverbs 26:20 NLT • Proverbs 26:20 ESV • Proverbs 26:20 NASB • Proverbs 26:20 KJV • Proverbs 26:20 Biblia Paralela • Proverbs 26:20 Chinese Bible • Proverbs 26:20 French Bible • Proverbs 26:20 German Bible

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