The Selfishness of the Unfriendly
Proverbs 18:18
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Casting the lot ends quarrels and separates strong opponents.
- KJV
- The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
- WEB
- The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.
- ASV
- The lot causeth contentions to cease, And parteth between the mighty.
- LSV
- The lot causes contentions to cease, || And it separates between the mighty.
- YLT
- The lot causeth contentions to cease, And between the mighty it separateth.
- DBY
- The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
- DRC
- The lot suppresseth contentions, and determineth even between the mighty.
- GNV
- The lot causeth contentions to cease, and maketh a partition among the mightie.
- JPS
- The lot causeth strife to cease, and parteth asunder the contentious.
- LXXE
- A silent man quells strifes, and determines between great powers.
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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
- מִ֭דְיָנִים יַשְׁבִּ֣ית הַגּוֹרָ֑ל וּבֵ֖ין עֲצוּמִ֣ים יַפְרִֽיד׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἀντιλογίας παύει σιγηρὸς, ἐν δὲ δυναστείαις ὁρίζει.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
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Cross-references most cited first
- Proverbs 16:33The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.
- Nehemiah 11:1Now the leaders of the people settled in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots to bring one out of ten to live in the holy city of Jerusalem, while the remaining nine were to dwell in their own towns.
- 1 Samuel 14:42Then Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan.” And Jonathan was selected.
- 1 Chronicles 6:63The Merarites, according to their families, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
- 1 Chronicles 24:31As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger…
- Joshua 14:2Their inheritance was assigned by lot for the nine and a half tribes, as the LORD had commanded through Moses.
- 1 Samuel 10:21–27Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him. So again they inquired of…
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