Proverbs 16:1
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- 1 Heb “plans of the heart” (so , , ). The phrase מַעַרְכֵי־לֵב (ma’arkhe-lev) means “the arrangements of the mind.” Humans may set things in order, plan out what they are going to say, but God sovereignly enables them to put their thoughts into words.
- 2 Heb “[are] to a man.”
- 3 Here “the tongue” is a metonymy of cause in which the instrument of speech is put for what is said: the answer expressed.
- 4 The contrasting prepositions enhance the contrasting ideas—the ideas belong to people, but the words come from the Lord.
- 5 There are two ways this statement can be taken: (1) what one intends to say and what one actually says are the same, or (2) what one actually says differs from what the person intended to say. The second view fits the contrast better. The proverb then is giving a glimpse of how God even confounds the wise. When someone is trying to speak [“answer” in the book seems to refer to a verbal answer] before others, the Lord directs the words according to his sovereign will.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
The plans of the heart belong to man,
but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
To humans belong the plans of the heart,
but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The reflections of the heart belong to mankind,
but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
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NLTNew Living Translation
We can make our own plans,
but the Lord gives the right answer.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
To mortals belong the plans of the heart,
but from Yahweh comes the answer of the tongue.
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KJV 1900King James Version
The preparations of the heart in man,
And the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
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