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Proverbs 26:20

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20†Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out:

So where there is no ||talebearer, bthe strife †ceaseth.

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Footnotes

  1. †Heb. Without wood. So Job 7:6 (Heb.).
  2. ||Or, whisperer. ver. 22. See ch. 16:28.
  3. bSo ch. 22:10.
  4. †Heb. is silent. See Ps. 107:30.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For lack of wood the fire goes out,

and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Without wood a fire goes out;

without a gossip a quarrel dies down.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Without wood, fire goes out;

without a gossip, conflict dies down.

NLTNew Living Translation

Fire goes out without wood,

and quarrels disappear when gossip stops.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For lack of wood, a fire goes out,

and where there is no whisperer, quarreling will cease.