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OET-LV In/on/at/with_lack wood(s) it_is_extinguished a_fire and_in/on/at/with_there_is_no a_slanderer it_becomes_quiet strife.
UHB בְּאֶ֣פֶס עֵ֭צִים תִּכְבֶּה־אֵ֑שׁ וּבְאֵ֥ין נִ֝רְגָּ֗ן יִשְׁתֹּ֥ק מָדֽוֹן׃ ‡
(bəʼefeş ˊēʦīm tikbeh-ʼēsh ūⱱəʼēyn nirgān yishttoq mādōn.)
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT With the end of wood pieces a fire goes out,
⇔ and when there is no murmurer, a quarrel becomes silent.
UST Fires stop burning when they have nothing to burn.
⇔ In the same way, people stop arguing when no one is gossiping.
BSB ⇔ Without wood, a fire goes out;
⇔ without gossip, a conflict ceases.
OEB In the absence of wood the fire goes out.
⇔ In the absence of slander contention ceases.
WEB For lack of wood a fire goes out.
⇔ Without gossip, a quarrel dies down.
WMB (Same as above)
NET Where there is no wood, a fire goes out,
⇔ and where there is no gossip, contention ceases.
LSV Fire is going out without wood,
And contention ceases without a tale-bearer,
FBV Without wood, the fire goes out; and without gossips, arguments stop.
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.
LEB • and where there is no whisperer, quarreling will cease.
BBE Without wood, the fire goes out; and where there is no secret talk, argument is ended.
MOF No MOF PRO book available
JPS Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
ASV For lack of wood the fire goeth out;
⇔ And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
DRA When the wood faileth, the fire shall go out: and when the talebearer is taken away, contentions shall cease.
YLT Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,
DBY Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no talebearer, the contention ceaseth.
RV For lack of wood the fire goeth out: and where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
WBS Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no tale-bearer, the strife ceaseth.
KJB-1769 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.[fn][fn][fn]
(Where no wood is, there the fire goeth/goes out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. )
KJB-1611 No KJB-1611 PRO book available
BB Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: euen so where the talebearer is taken away, there the strife ceasseth.
(Where no wood is, there the fire goeth/goes out: even so where the talebearer is taken away, there the strife ceasseth.)
GNV Without wood the fire is quenched, and without a talebearer strife ceaseth.
CB Where no wodd is, there the fyre goeth out: and where the bacbyter is taken awaye, there the strife ceaseth.
(Where no wodd is, there the fire goeth/goes out: and where the bacbyter is taken away, there the strife ceaseth.)
WYC Whanne trees failen, the fier schal be quenchid; and whanne a priuy bacbitere is withdrawun, stryues resten.
(When trees failen, the fire shall be quenched; and when a priuy bacbitere is withdrawun, strives resten.)
LUT Wenn nimmer Holz da ist, so verlöscht das Feuer, und wenn der Verleumder weg ist, so höret der Hader auf.
(Wenn nimmer Holz there is, so verlöscht the fire, and when the Verleumder weg is, so listent the Hader auf.)
CLV Cum defecerint ligna extinguetur ignis, et susurrone subtracto, jurgia conquiescent.
(Since defecerint ligna extinguetur ignis, and susurrone subtracto, yurgia conquiescent. )
BRN With much wood fire increases; but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases.
BrLXX Ἐν πολλοῖς ξύλοις θάλλει πῦρ, ὅπου δὲ οὐκ ἔστι δίθυμος, ἡσυχάζει μάχη.
(En pollois xulois thallei pur, hopou de ouk esti dithumos, haʸsuⱪazei maⱪaʸ. )
26:20-21 A gossip and a quarrelsome person are both like fuel to the fire of trouble and discord.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
בְּאֶ֣פֶס
in/on/at/with,lack
Here, end refers to a lack of wood pieces. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state this explicitly. See how you translated the similar use of With the end of in 14:28. Alternate translation: “With the lack of”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
וּבְאֵ֥ין
and,in/on/at/with,there_is_no
Here, and indicates that Solomon is comparing what follows to what he said in the previous clause. In the same way that a fire goes out when there are no wood pieces, a quarrel stops when there is no murmerer. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “similarly, when there is no”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
יִשְׁתֹּ֥ק מָדֽוֹן
dies_down quarrelling
Here Solomon speaks of a quarrel ceasing as if it were a person who becomes silent. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “a quarrel ceases”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
מָדֽוֹן
quarrelling
See how you translated the abstract noun quarrel in 15:18.