Pro Proverbs, chapter Proverbs of Solomon, chapter 26
Where no wood is, [there] the fire goes out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceases.
Ordspråksboken 26:20 i olika översättningar
Engelska
KJV (66 books)
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
DRA
When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease.
FBV
Without wood, the fire goes out; and without gossips, arguments stop.
GNV
Without wood the fire is quenched, and without a talebearer strife ceaseth.
JPS
Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
LSV
Fire is going out without wood, || And contention ceases without a tale-bearer,
NASB
For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no gossiper, quarreling quiets down. NASB 2020
NIV (US)
Without wood a fire goes out; without a gossip a quarrel dies down.
NIV (UK)
Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.
OJB
Where no wood is, there the eish goeth out; so where there is no nirgan (gossip, slanderer, talebearer), the strife dieth down.
T4T
If there is no more firewood to put on the fire, the fire will go out; similarly [SIM], if there are no people who ◄gossip/tell people things that are not true►, quarreling will end.
WEB (US)
For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.