Proverbs 11:14

In 11 translations

BSB

For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.

KJV

Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

WEB

Where there is no wise guidance, the nation falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.

ASV

Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth; But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

LSV

Without counsels a people falls, || And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counselors.

YLT

Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors.

DBY

Where no advice is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

DRC

Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is safety where there is much counsel.

GNV

Where no counsell is, the people fall: but where many counsellers are, there is health.

JPS

Where no wise direction is, a people falleth; but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

LXXE

They that have no guidance fall like leaves: but in much counsel there is safety.Or, governance.

Word by word Hebrew · tap a word

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

בְּאֵ֣ין תַּ֭חְבֻּלוֹת יִפָּל־עָ֑ם וּ֝תְשׁוּעָ֗ה בְּרֹ֣ב יוֹעֵֽץ׃

LXX-Br

Οἷς μὴ ὑπάρχει κυβέρνησις, πίπτουσιν ὥσπερ φύλλα, σωτηρία δὲ ὑπάρχει ἐν πολλῇ βουλῇ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 24:6Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.
• Proverbs 15:22Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
• Proverbs 20:18Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
• Proverbs 16:22Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessor, but the discipline of fools is folly.
• 1 Kings 12:1–19Then Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king. When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard about this, he was still in Egypt where he had fled from King Solomon and had been living ever since. So…
• Acts 15:6–21So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter. After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my…
• Isaiah 19:11–14The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”? Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal…

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).