Proverbs 24:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

📖 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

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  For by wise guidance{H8458} thou shalt make{H6213} thy war;{H4421} And in the multitude{H7230} of counsellors{H3289} there is safety.{H8668}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  For by wise counsel{H8458} thou shalt make{H6213}{(H8799)} thy war{H4421}: and in multitude{H7230} of counsellors{H3289}{(H8802)} there is safety{H8668}.

• 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 Where there is no counsel, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
• Prov 20:18 : 18 Every purpose is established by counsel, and with good advice make war.
• Luke 14:31 : 31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?
• Prov 15:22 : 22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed, but in the multitude of counselors they are established.
• Eph 6:10-20 : 10 Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. 11 Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. 12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13 Therefore, take up the whole armor of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. 14 Stand therefore, having your waist girded with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; 15 And your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace; 16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, with which you shall be able to extinguish all the fiery darts of the wicked. 17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God; 18 Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints; 19 And for me, that utterance may be given to me, that I may open my mouth boldly to make known the mystery of the gospel, 20 For which I am an ambassador in chains, that in it I may speak boldly as I ought to speak.
• 2 Tim 4:7 : 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith:
• 1 Tim 6:11-12 : 11 But you, O man of God, flee these things; and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, gentleness. 12 Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, to which you were also called and have confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.
• 1 Cor 9:25-27 : 25 And everyone who competes for the prize is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a perishable crown, but we for an imperishable. 26 Therefore I run, not with uncertainty; thus I fight, not as one who beats the air. 27 But I discipline my body and bring it into subjection, lest when I have preached to others, I myself should be disqualified.