Proverbs 21:30

Proverbs 21:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)There is no wisdom or understanding Or counsel against the Lord.
• New Living Translation (NLT)No human wisdom or understanding or plan can stand against the Lord.

Context of Proverbs 21:30

28A false witness will perish, but a careful listener will testify successfully. 29The wicked put up a bold front, but the upright give thought to their ways. There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord. 31The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the Lord.

Proverbs 21:30 word by word

אֵ֣ין חָ֭כְמָה וְאֵ֣ין תְּבוּנָ֑ה וְאֵ֥ין עֵ֝צָ֗ה לְנֶ֣גֶד יְהוָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• no wisdomחׇכְמָהchokmâh · wisdomH2451
• nor understandingתְּבוּנָהtâbûn tebûnâh tôbûnâh · understandingH8394
• nor counselעֵצָה‛êtsâh · counselH6098
• against the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Proverbs 21:30

• Proverbs 19:21Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
• Isaiah 7:5Aram, Ephraim and Remaliah’s son have plotted your ruin, saying,
• Isaiah 8:9Raise the war cry, you nations, and be shattered! Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, and be shattered! Prepare for battle, and be shattered!
• Isaiah 14:27For the Lord Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?
• Isaiah 46:10I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’
• Jeremiah 9:23This is what the Lord says: “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches,
• Jonah 1:13Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before.
• Acts 4:27Indeed Herod and Pontius Pilate met together with the Gentiles and the people of Israel in this city to conspire against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed.
• Acts 5:39But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop these men; you will only find yourselves fighting against God.”
• 1 Peter 2:8and, “A stone that causes people to stumble and a rock that makes them fall.” They stumble because they disobey the message—which is also what they were destined for.

Commentaries on Proverbs 21:30

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30Two companion proverbs. Nothing avails against, nothing without, God. The horse is the type of warlike strength, used chiefly or exclusively in battle. 1 Kings 4:26; 1 Kings 10:26-28, may be thought of as having given occasion to the latter of the two proverbs.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 30-31Verses 30-31 Means are to be used, but, after all, our safety and salvation are only of the Lord. In our spiritual warfare we must arm ourselves with the whole armour of God; but our strength must be in the Lord, and in the power of his might.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30-31Human wisdom is powerless against the Lord (see Proverbs 16:1, 3, 9, 33). Similarly, military power, symbolized by the horse, is powerless without the Lord's blessing.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 30-3130-31. Men's best devices and reliances are vain compared with God's, or without His aid (Pr 19:21; Psa 20:7; 33:17).Read the comment

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Commentaries on Proverbs 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings