Proverbs 24:6

In 11 translations

BSB

Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

For you make war for yourself by plans, || And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counselors.

YLT

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

DBY

For with good advice shalt thou make thy war; and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

DRC

Because war is managed by due ordering: and there shall be safety where there are many counsels.

GNV

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

JPS

For with wise advice thou shalt make thy war; and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

LXXE

War is carried on with generalship, and aid is supplied to the heart of a counsellor.

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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

כִּ֣י בְ֭תַחְבֻּלוֹת תַּעֲשֶׂה־לְּךָ֣ מִלְחָמָ֑ה וּ֝תְשׁוּעָ֗ה בְּרֹ֣ב יוֹעֵֽץ׃

LXX-Br

Μετὰ κυβερνήσεως γίνεται πόλεμος, βοήθεια δὲ μετὰ καρδίας βουλευτικῆς.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 11:14For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.
• Proverbs 20:18Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
• Ephesians 6:10–20Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the…
• Proverbs 15:22Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
• Luke 14:31Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?
• 1 Timothy 6:11–12But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness. Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called…
• 1 Corinthians 9:25–27Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable. Therefore I do not run aimlessly; I do not fight like I am…
• 2 Timothy 4:7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.

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