Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed; But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
WEB
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
YLT
Without counsel is the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.
DBT
Without counsel purposes are disappointed; but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
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.