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King James Version
Proverbs 24:6
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
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Christian Standard Bible®
for you should wage war with sound guidance—victory comes with many counselors.
for you should wage war with sound guidance—victory comes with many counselors.
Hebrew Names Version
For by wise guidance you wage your war; And victory is in many advisors.
For by wise guidance you wage your war; And victory is in many advisors.
English Standard Version
for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
New American Standard Bible
For by wise guidance you will wage war, And in an abundance of counselors there is victory.
For by wise guidance you will wage war, And in an abundance of counselors there is victory.
New Century Version
So you need advice when you go to war. If you have lots of good advice, you will win.
So you need advice when you go to war. If you have lots of good advice, you will win.
Amplified Bible
For by wise guidance you can wage your war, And in an abundance of [wise] counselors there is victory and safety.
For by wise guidance you can wage your war, And in an abundance of [wise] counselors there is victory and safety.
World English Bible
For by wise guidance you wage your war; And victory is in many advisors.
For by wise guidance you wage your war; And victory is in many advisors.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For with counsel thou shalt enterprise thy warre, and in the multitude of them that can giue counsell, is health.
For with counsel thou shalt enterprise thy warre, and in the multitude of them that can giue counsell, is health.
Legacy Standard Bible
For by guidance you will make war,And in abundance of counselors there is salvation.
For by guidance you will make war,And in abundance of counselors there is salvation.
Berean Standard Bible
Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
Contemporary English Version
Battles are won by listening to advice and making a lot of plans.
Battles are won by listening to advice and making a lot of plans.
Complete Jewish Bible
For with clever strategy you wage your war, and victory comes from having many advisers.
For with clever strategy you wage your war, and victory comes from having many advisers.
Darby Translation
For with good advice shalt thou make thy war; and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
For with good advice shalt thou make thy war; and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Easy-to-Read Version
Get good advice before you start a war. To win, you must have many good advisors.
Get good advice before you start a war. To win, you must have many good advisors.
George Lamsa Translation
For by provocation is war waged; and in a multitude of counsels there is salvation.
For by provocation is war waged; and in a multitude of counsels there is salvation.
Good News Translation
After all, you must make careful plans before you fight a battle, and the more good advice you get, the more likely you are to win.
After all, you must make careful plans before you fight a battle, and the more good advice you get, the more likely you are to win.
Lexham English Bible
For with wise guidance you shall make war for yourself, and victory is in an abundance of counsel.
For with wise guidance you shall make war for yourself, and victory is in an abundance of counsel.
Literal Translation
For you shall make war for yourself by wise advice, and safety is in the abundance of counselors.
For you shall make war for yourself by wise advice, and safety is in the abundance of counselors.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For with discrecion must warres be take in honde, and where as are many yt can geue councell, there is ye victory.
For with discrecion must warres be take in honde, and where as are many yt can geue councell, there is ye victory.
American Standard Version
For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Bible in Basic English
For by wise guiding you will overcome in war: and in a number of wise guides there is salvation.
For by wise guiding you will overcome in war: and in a number of wise guides there is salvation.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For with wise advice thou shalt make thy war; and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
For with wise advice thou shalt make thy war; and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
King James Version (1611)
For by wise counsell thou shalt make thy warre: and in multitude of counsellers there is safetie.
For by wise counsell thou shalt make thy warre: and in multitude of counsellers there is safetie.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For with discretion must warres be taken in hand: and where as are many that can geue counsaile, there is health.
For with discretion must warres be taken in hand: and where as are many that can geue counsaile, there is health.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
War is carried on with generalship, and aid is supplied to the heart of a counsellor.
War is carried on with generalship, and aid is supplied to the heart of a counsellor.
English Revised Version
For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war: and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war: and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For whi batel is bigunnun with ordenaunce, and helthe schal be, where many counsels ben.
For whi batel is bigunnun with ordenaunce, and helthe schal be, where many counsels ben.
Update Bible Version
For by wise guidance you shall make your war; And in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
For by wise guidance you shall make your war; And in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
Webster's Bible Translation
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counselors [there is] safety.
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counselors [there is] safety.
New English Translation
for with guidance you wage your war, and with numerous advisers there is victory.
for with guidance you wage your war, and with numerous advisers there is victory.
New King James Version
For by wise counsel you will wage your own war, And in a multitude of counselors there is safety.
For by wise counsel you will wage your own war, And in a multitude of counselors there is safety.
New Living Translation
So don't go to war without wise guidance; victory depends on having many advisers.
So don't go to war without wise guidance; victory depends on having many advisers.
New Life Bible
For by wise leading you will make war, and the fight is won when there are many wise men to help you make the plans.
For by wise leading you will make war, and the fight is won when there are many wise men to help you make the plans.
New Revised Standard
for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Surely, with concerted measures, shalt thou make for thyself war, and, success, lieth in the greatness of the counsellor.
Surely, with concerted measures, shalt thou make for thyself war, and, success, lieth in the greatness of the counsellor.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Because war is managed by due ordering: and there shall be safety where there are many counsels.
Because war is managed by due ordering: and there shall be safety where there are many counsels.
Revised Standard Version
for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.
Young's Literal Translation
For by plans thou makest for thyself war, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors.
For by plans thou makest for thyself war, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For by wise guidance you will wage war, And in abundance of counselors there is victory.
For by wise guidance you will wage war, And in abundance of counselors there is victory.
Contextual Overview
3 Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established: 4 And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches. 5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. 6 For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
by: Proverbs 20:18, Luke 14:31, 1 Corinthians 9:25-27, Ephesians 6:10-20, 1 Timothy 6:11, 1 Timothy 6:12, 2 Timothy 4:7
and: Proverbs 11:14, Proverbs 15:22
Reciprocal: Joshua 7:2 - Go up Judges 19:30 - consider Judges 20:7 - give here 2 Chronicles 32:3 - took counsel Isaiah 36:5 - vain words
Cross-References
Genesis 24:13
Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
Genesis 24:16
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
Genesis 24:20
And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
And she hasted, and emptied her pitcher into the trough, and ran again unto the well to draw water, and drew for all his camels.
Genesis 24:22
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
Galatians 5:1
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
Hebrews 10:39
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
Hebrews 11:9
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For by wise counsel thou shall make thy war,.... Counsel, as well as strength, is necessary for war: kings and states, before they enter on a war, should not only well consider the justness of their cause, but should consult whether they have a sufficiency of men and money to carry it on; and should concert the wisest methods to attack the enemy, or defend themselves; and, above all, should ask counsel of God; see 2 Kings 18:20. And this is true of our spiritual warfare with sin, Satan, the world, and false teachers; which requires not only strength to wage war with them, but wise counsel, that we may be able to understand and guard against their cunning, wiles, and stratagems: and this is principally to be asked of God, who is wonderful in counsel; and of good and experienced men, skilled in those matters;
and in the multitude of counsellors [there is] safety; to take the advice of wise counsellors, and many of them, even among men, is safe for princes and states, in the above case and in all others; and especially to ask and take counsel of God, who gives wisdom liberally to them that ask it; and of Christ, the wonderful Counsellor; and from the Scriptures, whom David made his counsellors; and from old experienced Christians, and ministers of the word, with whom are wisdom, counsel, and understanding; 2 Kings 18:20- :.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 24:6. By wise counsel thou shalt make thy war — Proverbs 20:18.
