New King James Version
Proverbs 21:30
30There is no wisdom or understanding Or counsel against the Lord.
Proverbs 21:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord.
- English Standard Version (ESV)No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail 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 shall perish, But the man who hears him will speak endlessly. 29A wicked man hardens his face, But as for the upright, he establishes his way. There is no wisdom or understanding Or counsel against the Lord. 31The horse is prepared for the day of battle, But deliverance is of the Lord.
Read all of Proverbs 21Proverbs 21:30 word by word
אֵ֣ין חָ֭כְמָה וְאֵ֣ין תְּבוּנָ֑ה וְאֵ֥ין עֵ֝צָ֗ה לְנֶ֣גֶד יְהוָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 21:30
- Proverbs 19:21There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.
- Isaiah 7:5Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah have plotted evil against you, saying,
- Isaiah 8:9“Be shattered, O you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Give ear, all you from far countries. Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces; Gird yourselves, but be broken in pieces.
- Isaiah 14:27For the Lord of hosts has purposed, And who will annul it? His hand is stretched out, And who will turn it back?”
- Isaiah 46:10Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’
- Jeremiah 9:23Thus says the Lord: “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;
- Jonah 1:13Nevertheless the men rowed hard to return to land, but they could not, for the sea continued to grow more tempestuous against them.
- Acts 4:27“For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together
- Acts 5:39but if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it—lest you even be found to fight against God.”
- 1 Peter 2:8and “A stone of stumbling And a rock of offense.” They stumble, being disobedient to the word, to which they also were appointed.
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
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