Proverbs 26:20 - Tree of Life Version Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip quarrels cease. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: So where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, contention ceases. American Standard Version (1901) For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth. Common English Bible Without wood a fire goes out; without gossips, conflict calms down. Catholic Public Domain Version When the wood fails, the fire will be extinguished. And when the gossiper is taken away, conflicts will be quelled. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease. |
Throw out a scoffer and strife will go out, quarreling and disgrace will cease.
A gossip’s words are like tasty morsels— they slide down into the innermost parts of the body.
“You are not to go up and down as a talebearer among your people. You are not to endanger the life of your neighbor. I am Adonai.
So also the tongue is a small member—yet it boasts of great things. See how so small a fire sets a blaze so great a forest!
And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is a world of evil placed among our body parts. It pollutes the whole body and sets on fire the course of life—and is set on fire by Gehenna.