Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, ¹  contention ceases. ² 

biblegateway Pro 26:20

For lack of wood the fire goes out, And where there is no whisperer, contention quiets down.

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

Without wood a fire goes out, and without gossip a quarrel dies down.

biblegateway Pro 26:20

Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.

For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

bibleoremus Pro 26:20

For lack of wood the fire goes out, and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

For lack of wood a fire dies down and for want of a tale-bearer a quarrel subsides.

biblegateway Pro 26:20

Where there is no wood, the fire goes out; And where there is no talebearer, strife ceases.

Where no wood is, [there] the fire goeth out: so where [there is] no talebearer, the strife ceaseth.

biblegateway Pro 26:20

Where there is no wood, a fire goes out, and where there is no gossip, ¹  contention ceases. ² 

¹ sn Gossip (that is, the one who goes around whispering and slandering) fuels contention just as wood fuels a fire. The point of the proverb is to prevent contention – if one takes away the cause, contention will cease (e.g., 18:8).

² tn Heb “becomes silent.”