Proverbs 26:20

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So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport?	Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.	[As] coals [are] to burning coals, and wood to fire; so [is] a contentious man to kindle strife.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Where no^H657 wood^H6086 is, there the fire^H784 goeth out^H3518: so where there is no talebearer^H5372, the strife^H4066 ceaseth^H8367.

Original Hebrew

בְּאֶפֶס עֵצִים תִּכְבֶּה־אֵשׁ וּבְאֵין נִרְגָּן יִשְׁתֹּק מָדֹון׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
בְּ/אֶ֣פֶס	be./'E.fes	H657	HR/Ncmsc	with/ not
עֵ֭צִים	'E.tzim	H6086	HNcmpa	wood(s)
תִּכְבֶּה	tikh.beh-	H3518	HVqi3fs	it is extinguished
אֵ֑שׁ	'Esh	H784	HNcbsa	a fire
וּ/בְ/אֵ֥ין	u./ve./'Ein	H369	HC/R/Tn	and/ with/ not
נִ֝רְגָּ֗ן	nir.Gan	H5372	HVNrmsa	a slanderer
יִשְׁתֹּ֥ק	yish.Tok	H8367	HVqi3ms	it becomes quiet
מָדֽוֹן	ma.Don	H4066	HNcmsa	strife

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H657 — אֶפֶס (ʼepheç, eh'-fes): from אָפֵס; (sometimes like פָּעַל); 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 foot; ankle, but (only), end, howbeit, less than nothing, nevertheless (where), no, none (beside), not (any, -withstanding), thing of nought, save(-ing), there, uttermost part, want, without (cause).
H784 — אֵשׁ (ʼêsh, aysh): a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively); burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
H3518 — כָּבָה (kâbâh, kaw-baw'): a primitive root; to expire or (causatively) to extinguish (fire, light, anger); go (put) out, quench.
H4066 — מָדוֹן (mâdôwn, maw-dohn'): from דִּין; a contest or quarrel; brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. Compare מִדְיָן, מְדָן.
H5372 — נִרְגָּן (nirgân, neer-gawn'): from an unused root meaning to roll to pieces; a slanderer; talebearer, whisperer.
H6086 — עֵץ (ʻêts, ates): from עָצָה; a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks); [phrase] carpenter, gallows, helve, [phrase] pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
H8367 — שָׁתַק (shâthaq, shaw-thak'): a primitive root; to subside; be calm, cease, be quiet.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.

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