Revised Literal Translation
Proverbs 19:21
21There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of Yhwh, that shall stand.
Proverbs 19:21 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
- New International Version (NIV)Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
- New King James Version (NKJV)There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the Lord’s counsel—that will stand.
Context of Proverbs 19:21
19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again. 20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. There are many devices in a man’s heart; nevertheless the counsel of Yhwh, that shall stand. 22The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. 23The fear of Yhwh tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil.
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רַבּ֣וֹת מַחֲשָׁב֣וֹת בְּלֶב־אִ֑ישׁ וַעֲצַ֥ת יְ֝הוָ֗ה הִ֣יא תָקֽוּם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 19:21
- Proverbs 12:2A good man obtaineth favour of Yhwh: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.
- Genesis 37:19And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh.
- Esther 9:25But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
- Psalms 21:11For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
- Psalms 33:10Yhwh bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
- Psalms 83:4They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
- Ecclesiastes 7:29Lo, this only have I found, that God hath made man upright; but they have sought out many inventions.
- Isaiah 7:6Let us go up against Judah, and vex it, and let us make a breach therein for us, and set a king in the midst of it, even the son of Tabeal:
- Daniel 11:24He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall devise his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
- Matthew 26:4And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
- Matthew 27:63Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again.
- Proverbs 16:1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from Yhwh.
- Proverbs 21:1The king’s heart is in the hand of Yhwh, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
- Genesis 45:4And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt.
- Genesis 50:20But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
- Job 23:13But he is in one mind, and who can turn him? and what his soul desireth, even that he doeth.
Commentaries on Proverbs 19:21
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21There are many devices, etc. - The same sentiment as in Proverbs 16:1; (note), where see the note.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21Contrast the many purposes of man, shifting, changing, from good to better, from bad to worse, and the one unchanging righteous “counsel” of Yahweh.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21Verse 21 What should we desire, but that all our purposes may agree with God's holy will?Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. (Compare Pr 16:1, 9; Psa 33:10, 11). The failure of man's devices is implied.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 19
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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