Proverbs 19:21
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- 67 The plans (from the Hebrew verb חָשַׁב [khashav], “to think; to reckon; to devise”) in the human heart are many. But only those which God approves will succeed.
- 68 Heb “in the heart of a man” (cf. , ). Here “heart” is used for the seat of thoughts, plans, and reasoning, so the translation uses “mind.” In contemporary English “heart” is more often associated with the seat of emotion than with the seat of planning and reasoning.
- 69 Heb “but the counsel of the Lord, it will stand.” The construction draws attention to the “counsel of the Lord”; it is an independent nominative absolute, and the resumptive independent pronoun is the formal subject of the verb.
- 70 The antithetical parallelism pairs “counsel” with “plans.” “Counsel of the Lord” (עֲצַת יְהוָה, ’atsat yehvah) is literally “advice” or “counsel” with the connotation of “plan” in this context (cf. , , “purpose”; “plan”; “the Lord’s will”). The point of the proverb is that the human being with many plans is uncertain, but the Lord with a sure plan gives correct counsel.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Many plans are in a person’s heart,
but the Lord’s decree will prevail.
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NLTNew Living Translation
You can make many plans,
but the Lord’s purpose will prevail.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
Many plans are in the heart of a man,
but the purpose of Yahweh will be established.
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KJV 1900King James Version
There are many devices in a man’s heart;
Nevertheless the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand.
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