Proverbs 26:20

18 Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,

19 so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

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

21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

22 The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB
Når det er forbi med veden, slukner ilden, og når det ingen øretuter er, stilles trette.
OTB
Uten ved slukner en ild; uten en sladrehank stilner en krangel.
B1930
Når det er forbi med veden, slukner ilden, og når det ingen øretuter er, stilles trette.
BSB
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
KJV
Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
WEB
For lack of wood a fire goes out. Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
ASV
For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
DARBY
Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no talebearer, the contention ceaseth.
BLB
With the end of the wood, the fire [is] quenched, and without one whispering, strife quiets down.

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