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Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the Lord .

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Wisdom;   The Topic Concordance - Counsel;   Opposition;   Understanding;   Wisdom;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Providence of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Joseph;   Providence;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Wisdom;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Humility;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
There is no wisdom, there is no discernmentAnd there is no counsel against Yahweh.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
There is no wisdom and no understanding And no counsel against the LORD.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
There is no wysdome, there is no vnderstanding, there is no counsayle against the Lorde.
Darby Translation
There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against Jehovah.
New King James Version
There is no wisdom or understanding Or counsel against the LORD.
Literal Translation
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel before Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
There is no one wise enough to make a plan that can succeed if the Lord is against it.
World English Bible
There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Yahweh.
King James Version (1611)
There is no wisedome, nor vnderstanding, nor counsell against the Lord.
King James Version
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord .
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
There is no wy?dome, there is no vnderstondinge, there is no councell agaynst the LORDE.
THE MESSAGE
Nothing clever, nothing conceived, nothing contrived, can get the better of God .
Amplified Bible
There is no [human] wisdom or understanding Or counsel [that can prevail] against the LORD.
American Standard Version
There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.
Update Bible Version
There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
[There is] no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Contemporary English Version
No matter how much you know or what plans you make, you can't defeat the Lord .
Complete Jewish Bible
No wisdom, discernment or counsel succeeds against Adonai .
Geneva Bible (1587)
There is no wisedome, neither vnderstanding, nor counsell against the Lord.
George Lamsa Translation
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel like that of the LORD.
Hebrew Names Version
There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against the LORD.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
New Living Translation
No human wisdom or understanding or plan can stand against the Lord .
New Life Bible
There is no wisdom and no understanding and no words that can stand against the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
There is no wisdom, there is no courage, there is no counsel against the ungodly.
English Revised Version
There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
No wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel can prevail against the LORD.
New Revised Standard
No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel, can avail against the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel, to confront Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
There is no wisdom, there is no prudence, there is no counsel against the Lord.
Lexham English Bible
There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel to oppose Yahweh.
English Standard Version
No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the Lord .
New American Standard Bible
There is no wisdom, no understanding, And no plan against the LORD.
New Century Version
There is no wisdom, understanding, or advice that can succeed against the Lord .
Good News Translation
Human wisdom, brilliance, insight—they are of no help if the Lord is against you.
Christian Standard Bible®
No wisdom, no understanding, and no counsel will prevail against the Lord .
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
No wisdom is, no prudence is, no counsel is ayens the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel, can avail against the LORD.
Young's Literal Translation
There is no wisdom, nor understanding, Nor counsel, over-against Jehovah.

Contextual Overview

30 There is no wisdom and there is no understanding, and there is no counsel against the Lord . 31 A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but the victory is from the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Proverbs 19:21, Isaiah 7:5-7, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 14:27, Isaiah 46:10, Isaiah 46:11, Jeremiah 9:23, Jonah 1:13, Acts 4:27, Acts 4:28, Acts 5:39, 1 Peter 2:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 12:11 - a fair Exodus 1:10 - wisely Exodus 1:12 - But the more Numbers 23:27 - peradventure Joshua 2:2 - told the king Joshua 8:7 - for the Lord 1 Samuel 17:47 - saveth not 1 Samuel 19:10 - he slipped 1 Samuel 23:14 - but God 2 Samuel 3:6 - Abner 2 Samuel 11:9 - General 2 Samuel 16:20 - Give counsel 2 Samuel 17:14 - to defeat 1 Kings 2:15 - for it was 1 Kings 11:40 - Solomon sought 1 Kings 12:21 - an hundred 1 Kings 14:5 - the Lord 1 Kings 20:24 - Take the 1 Kings 22:30 - disguised himself 2 Kings 6:8 - took 2 Kings 9:24 - smote 2 Kings 11:2 - they hid him 2 Kings 18:20 - vain words 2 Chronicles 10:10 - Thus shalt 2 Chronicles 11:1 - an hundred 2 Chronicles 13:13 - an ambushment 2 Chronicles 22:11 - she slew him not Ezra 6:6 - be ye far Nehemiah 4:15 - God Job 5:12 - disappointeth Psalms 2:2 - Lord Psalms 33:10 - The Lord Psalms 83:5 - For Psalms 127:1 - The Lord Proverbs 16:9 - General Ecclesiastes 3:14 - nothing Ecclesiastes 9:11 - but Isaiah 7:7 - General Isaiah 14:6 - and none Isaiah 14:24 - Surely Isaiah 19:3 - and I Isaiah 36:5 - vain words Isaiah 37:34 - General Isaiah 43:13 - I will work Isaiah 45:9 - unto him Jeremiah 19:7 - I will make Jeremiah 23:20 - in the Jeremiah 27:22 - until Jeremiah 32:5 - though Jeremiah 36:23 - he cut Jeremiah 37:7 - Pharaoh's Jeremiah 48:30 - his lies shall not so effect it Jeremiah 51:12 - the standard Lamentations 3:37 - saith Ezekiel 28:12 - full Daniel 4:35 - none Daniel 11:15 - shall not Nahum 1:9 - do Habakkuk 2:13 - is it Zechariah 6:1 - and the Malachi 1:4 - They shall build Matthew 2:8 - go Matthew 26:5 - Not Matthew 27:65 - make Mark 14:2 - Not Acts 5:23 - The prison Acts 5:38 - for Acts 23:16 - when 2 Corinthians 13:8 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 21:27
Abraham took some sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. The two of them made a treaty.
Genesis 21:28
Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs apart from the flock by themselves.
Genesis 31:52
"This pile of stones and the pillar are reminders that I will not pass beyond this pile to come to harm you and that you will not pass beyond this pile and this pillar to come to harm me.
Joshua 24:27
Joshua said to all the people, "Look, this stone will be a witness against you, for it has heard everything the Lord said to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

[There is] no wisdom nor understanding, nor counsel against the Lord. No human schemes whatever, formed with the greatest wisdom and prudence, can ever prevail against God, or set aside or hinder the execution of any design of his; nothing that is pointed against his church, his cause, and interest, his truths and ordinances, in the issue shall succeed; all that are found fighters against him shall not prosper, let them be men of ever so much sagacity and wisdom; though there may be ever so many devices in a man's heart, and these ever so well planned, they shall never defeat the counsel of the Lord; see

Proverbs 19:21. The Targum is,

"there is no wisdom, c. as God's''

and so the Syriac version, "as the Lord's"; there is none like his, there is none to be compared with his; there is none of any value and worth but his; all is folly in comparison of that: or there is none "before the Lord" n; no wisdom of the creature can stand before him, it presently vanishes and disappears.

n לנגד יהוה "in conspectu Jehovae", Gejerus; "coram Domino", Gussetius, p. 495.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Two companion proverbs. Nothing avails against, nothing without, God. The horse is the type of warlike strength, used chiefly or exclusively in battle. 1Ki 4:26; 1 Kings 10:26-28, may be thought of as having given occasion to the latter of the two proverbs.


 
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