Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no talebearer, the fighting ceases.
New American Standard Bible
And where there is no
King James Version
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
Holman Bible
without a gossip, conflict dies down.
International Standard Version
Without wood, the fire goes out. Without a gossip, contention stops.
A Conservative Version
For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, contention ceases.
American Standard Version
For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
Amplified
For lack of wood the fire goes out,
And where there is no whisperer [who gossips], contention quiets down.
Bible in Basic English
Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended.
Darby Translation
Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no talebearer, the contention ceaseth.
Julia Smith Translation
In the ceasing of wood, fire will go out: and in not being a tale-bearer, strife will subside.
King James 2000
Where no wood is, there the fire goes out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceases.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For lack of wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling will cease.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out; and where the backbiter is taken away, there the strife ceaseth.
NET Bible
Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.
New Heart English Bible
Without wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, contention ceases.
The Emphasized Bible
Without wood a fire is quenched, and, where there is no tattler, strife is hushed.
Webster
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no tale-bearer, the strife ceaseth.
World English Bible
For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
Youngs Literal Translation
Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,
Themes
Contention » Where contention ceases
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Talebearers condemned
Speaking, evil » Talebearers condemned
Speech/communication » Talebearers
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 26:20
Images Proverbs 26:20
Prayers for Proverbs 26:20
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Fools
19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, Am I not joking? 20 Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no talebearer, the fighting ceases. 21 As coals to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man to kindle fighting.
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 16:28
A perverse man causes fighting, and a whisperer separates chief friends.
Proverbs 22:10
Cast out the scorner, and fighting shall go out; yes, quarrels and shame shall cease.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. So the tongue is set among our members, spotting all the body and inflaming the course of nature, and being inflamed by hell.
Proverbs 26:22
The words of a talebearer are as wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.