Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
For lack of wood the fire goeth out; And where there is no whisperer, contention ceaseth.
WEB
Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.
YLT
Without wood is fire going out, And without a tale-bearer, contention ceaseth,
DBT
Where no wood is, the fire goeth out; and where there is no talebearer, the contention ceaseth.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentProverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.
- Author
- Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
- Date
- Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.