20Where noבְּאֶ֣פֶסbe.'E.fesH657woodעֵ֭צִים'E.tzimH6086is, therethe fireאֵ֑שׁ'EshH784goeth outתִּכְבֶּה־tikh.beh-H3518: so where there isno talebearerH5372,the strifeמָדֽוֹן׃ma.DonH4066ceasethיִשְׁתֹּ֥קyish.TokH8367.
21Ascoalsפֶּחָ֣םpe.ChamH6352areto burning coalsלְ֭גֶחָלִיםLe.ge.cha.limH1513,and woodוְעֵצִ֣יםve.'e.TzimH6086to fireלְאֵ֑שׁle.'EshH784; so isa contentiousמִ֝דְיָנִ֗יםmi.do.nimH4066H4079manוְאִ֥ישׁve.'IshH376to kindleלְחַרְחַר־le.char.char-H2787strifeרִֽיב׃ פRivH7379.
22The wordsדִּבְרֵ֣יdiv.ReiH1697of a talebearerH5372areas woundsכְּמִֽתְלַהֲמִ֑יםke.mit.la.ha.MimH3859,and they go downיָרְד֥וּya.re.DuH3381into the innermost partsחַדְרֵי־chad.rei-H2315of the bellyבָֽטֶן׃Va.tenH990.
23Burningדֹּלְקִ֣יםdo.le.KimH1814lipsשְׂפָתַ֖יִםse.fa.Ta.yimH8193and a wickedרָֽע׃Ra'H7451heartוְלֶב־ve.lev-H3820are likea potsherdחָ֑רֶשׂCha.resH2789coveredמְצֻפֶּ֣הme.tzu.PehH6823with silverכֶּ֣סֶףKe.sefH3701drossסִ֭יגִיםSi.gimH5509.
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