Proverbs 24:6

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For with wise counsel you wage war, and in an abundance of advisers there is victory.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י בְ֭תַחְבֻּלוֹת תַּעֲשֶׂה־לְּךָ֣ מִלְחָמָ֑ה וּ֝תְשׁוּעָ֗ה בְּרֹ֣ב יוֹעֵֽץ׃

Transliteration

For by-taḥbulôt taʿăśeh-to-you milḥāmāh and-tešûʿāh in-abundance-of yôʿēṣ

Grammar Details

• *taḥbulôt*: feminine plural noun with preposition - guidance/direction
• *taʿăśeh*: Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you make/do
• *milḥāmāh*: feminine singular noun - war/battle
• *tešûʿāh*: feminine singular noun - deliverance/victory
• *yôʿēṣ*: Qal participle, masculine singular - advisor/counselor

Word Meanings

• *taḥbulôt*: guidance/wise counsel/strategic planning
• *tešûʿāh*: deliverance/victory/salvation
• *yôʿēṣ*: advisor/counselor/one who gives counsel

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers there is safety.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  For by wise counsel you shall wage your war, and in a multitude of counselors there is safety.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

• 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.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  For with counsel thou shalt enterprise thy warre, and in the multitude of them that can giue counsell, is health.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For with discretion must warres be taken in hand: and where as are many that can geue counsaile, there is health.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  For by wise guidance you wage your war; And victory is in many advisors.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  For by plans thou makest for thyself war, And deliverance `is' in a multitude of counsellors.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  For by wise guiding you will overcome in war: and in a number of wise guides there is salvation.

• World English Bible (2000)

  for by wise guidance you wage your war; and victory is in many advisors.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  for with guidance you wage your war, and with numerous advisers there is victory.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 11:14 : 14 Without guidance, a nation falls, but victory is found in an abundance of counselors.
• Prov 20:18 : 18 Plans are established by counsel; with wise guidance wage your war.
• Luke 14:31 : 31 Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and consider whether he is able with ten thousand men to face the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
• Prov 15:22 : 22 Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
• Eph 6:10-20 : 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. 11 Put on the full armor of God, so that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against rulers, against authorities, against cosmic powers of this present darkness, and against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore, take up the full armor of God so that you may be able to resist in the evil day, and having done everything, to stand firm. 14 Stand, then, with the belt of truth fastened around your waist and the breastplate of righteousness in place. 15 And as shoes for your feet, put on the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16 In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17 Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18 Pray in the Spirit at all times with every kind of prayer and petition. Stay alert with all perseverance as you pray for all the saints. 19 Pray also for me, that words may be given to me to proclaim the mystery of the gospel boldly. 20 For which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.
• 2 Tim 4:7 : 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, and I have kept the faith.
• 1 Tim 6:11-12 : 11 But you, man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, and gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called and about which you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
• 1 Cor 9:25-27 : 25 Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable crown, but we do it to receive an imperishable one. 26 Therefore, I run with purpose in every step; I fight not like someone beating the air. 27 Rather, I discipline my body and bring it under control, so that after preaching to others, I myself will not be disqualified.