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Proverbs 26:20 Interlinear

“Where no wood goeth out is there the fire so where there is no talebearer ceaseth the strife”

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Proverbs 26 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	בְּאֶ֣פֶס	H657	Where no	cessation, i.e., an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or f
2	עֵ֭צִים	H6086	wood	a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
3	תִּכְבֶּה	H3518	goeth out	to expire or (causatively) to extinguish (fire, light, anger)
4	אֵ֑שׁ	H784	is there the fire	fire (literally or figuratively)
5	וּבְאֵ֥ין	H369		a nonentity; generally used as a negative particle
6	נִ֝רְגָּ֗ן	H5372	so where there is no talebearer	a slanderer
7	יִשְׁתֹּ֥ק	H8367	ceaseth	to subside
8	מָדֽוֹן׃	H4066	the strife	a contest or quarrel

Proverbs 26:20 (current)Where no wood goeth out is there the fire so where there is no talebearer ceaseth the strife