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Proverbs 19:21

Many thouytis ben in the herte of a man; but the wille of the Lord schal dwelle.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God Continued...;   Thompson Chain Reference - Counsels, Divine;   Divine;   God;   Men's Plans;   Mutability-Immutability;   Plans and Devices of Men;   Plans of Men;   Presumptuous Plans;   The Topic Concordance - Counsel;   Heart;   Man;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Counsels and Purposes of God, the;   Providence of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Providence of God;   Purpose;   Religion;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Providence;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Joseph;   Providence;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Foreknow;   Unchangeable;   Wisdom;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Many plans are in a person’s heart,but the Lord’s decree will prevail.
Hebrew Names Version
There are many plans in a man's heart, But the LORD's counsel will prevail.
King James Version
There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the Lord , that shall stand.
English Standard Version
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will stand.
New American Standard Bible
Many plans are in a person's heart, But the advice of the LORD will stand.
New Century Version
People can make all kinds of plans, but only the Lord 's plan will happen.
Amplified Bible
Many plans are in a man's mind, But it is the LORD'S purpose for him that will stand (be carried out).
World English Bible
There are many plans in a man's heart, But Yahweh's counsel will prevail.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Many deuises are in a mans heart: but the counsell of the Lord shall stand.
Legacy Standard Bible
Many thoughts are in a man's heart,But it is the counsel of Yahweh that will stand.
Berean Standard Bible
Many plans are in a man's heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.
Contemporary English Version
We may make a lot of plans, but the Lord will do what he has decided.
Complete Jewish Bible
One can devise many plans in one's mind, but Adonai 's plan will prevail.
Darby Translation
Many are the thoughts in a man's heart, but the counsel of Jehovah, that doth stand.
Easy-to-Read Version
People might make many plans, but what the Lord says is what will happen.
George Lamsa Translation
There are many devices in a mans heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD shall stand firm.
Good News Translation
People may plan all kinds of things, but the Lord 's will is going to be done.
Lexham English Bible
Many plans are in the heart of a man, but the purpose of Yahweh will be established.
Literal Translation
Many purposes are in a man's heart, but the counsel of Jehovah shall stand.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
There are many deuices in a mas herte, neuertheles the coucell of ye LORDE shal stode.
American Standard Version
There are many devices in a man's heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.
Bible in Basic English
A man's heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
There are many devices in a man's heart; but the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
King James Version (1611)
There are many deuices in a mans heart: neuerthelesse the counsell of the Lord, that shall stand.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
There are many deuises in a mans heart: neuerthelesse, the counsayle of the Lorde shall stande.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
There are many thoughts in a man’s heart; but the counsel of the Lord abides for ever.
English Revised Version
There are many devices in a man's heart; but the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Update Bible Version
There are many devices in a man's heart; But the counsel of Yahweh, that shall stand.
Webster's Bible Translation
[There are] many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
New English Translation
There are many plans in a person's mind, but it is the counsel of the Lord which will stand.
New King James Version
There are many plans in a man's heart, Nevertheless the LORD's counsel--that will stand.
New Living Translation
You can make many plans, but the Lord 's purpose will prevail.
New Life Bible
There are many plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's plan that will stand.
New Revised Standard
The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Many are the devices in a man's heart, but, the counsel of Yahweh, that, shall stand.
Douay-Rheims Bible
There are many thoughts in the heart of a man: but the will of the Lord shall stand firm.
Revised Standard Version
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will be established.
Young's Literal Translation
Many [are] the purposes in a man's heart, And the counsel of Jehovah it standeth.
THE MESSAGE
We humans keep brainstorming options and plans, but God 's purpose prevails.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Many plans are in a man's heart, But the counsel of the LORD will stand.

Contextual Overview

21 Many thouytis ben in the herte of a man; but the wille of the Lord schal dwelle.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

many: Proverbs 12:2, Genesis 37:19, Genesis 37:20, Esther 9:25, Psalms 21:11, Psalms 33:10, Psalms 33:11, Psalms 83:4, Ecclesiastes 7:29, Isaiah 7:6, Isaiah 7:7, Daniel 11:24, Daniel 11:25, Matthew 26:4, Matthew 26:5, Matthew 27:63, Matthew 27:64

nevertheless: Proverbs 16:1, Proverbs 16:9, Proverbs 21:1, Proverbs 21:30, Genesis 45:4-8, Genesis 50:20, Job 23:13, Isaiah 14:24, Isaiah 14:26, Isaiah 14:27, Isaiah 46:10, Daniel 4:35, Acts 4:27, Acts 4:28, Acts 5:38, Acts 5:39, Ephesians 1:11, Hebrews 6:17, Hebrews 6:18, 1 Peter 2:8, Jude 1:4

Reciprocal: Genesis 27:45 - then I Numbers 22:38 - have I Numbers 23:27 - peradventure 1 Samuel 23:17 - I shall be 2 Samuel 17:14 - to defeat Job 17:11 - purposes Job 42:2 - can be withholden from thee Proverbs 29:26 - ruler's favour Ecclesiastes 3:14 - nothing Jeremiah 36:23 - he cut Jeremiah 44:29 - my words Jeremiah 49:20 - the counsel Lamentations 3:37 - saith Ezekiel 20:32 - that which Ezekiel 38:10 - that at Daniel 11:17 - set Daniel 11:27 - but Daniel 11:36 - for Mark 14:2 - Not Luke 2:6 - so Acts 12:4 - intending Acts 27:1 - when Romans 15:28 - I will 1 Corinthians 16:7 - if James 4:15 - If Revelation 17:17 - until

Cross-References

Genesis 4:7
Whether not if thou schalt do wel, thou schalt resseyue; but if thou doist yuele, thi synne schal be present anoon in the yatis? but the desir therof schal be vndur thee, and thou schalt be lord therof.
Genesis 12:2
and Y schal make thee in to a greet folk, and Y schal blisse thee, and Y schal magnyfie thi name, and thou schalt be blessid;
Genesis 18:24
if fifti iust men ben in the citee, schulen thei perische togidere, and schalt thou not spare that place for fifti iust men, if thei ben ther ynne?
Genesis 19:8
Y haue twey douytris, that knewen not yit man; Y schal lede out hem to you, and mys vse ye hem as it plesith you, so that ye doon noon yuel to these men, for thei entriden vndur the schadewe of my roof.
Genesis 19:9
And thei seiden, Go thou fro hennus. And eft thei seiden, Thou entridist as a comelyng; wher that thou deme? therfor we schulen turment thee more than these. And thei diden violentli to Loth ful greetli. Thanne it was nyy that thei wolden breke the doris; and lo!
Genesis 19:15
And whanne the morewtid was, the aungels constreyneden hym, and seiden, Rise thou, and take thi wijf, and thi twey douytris whiche thou hast, lest also thou perische to gidere in the synne of the citee.
Genesis 19:16
While he dissymelide, thei token his hond, and the hond of his wijf, and of his twey doutris; for the Lord sparide hym.
Psalms 34:15
The iyen of the Lord ben on iust men; and hise eeren ben to her preiers.
Psalms 102:17
He bihelde on the preier of meke men; and he dispiside not the preier of hem.
Psalms 145:19
He schal do the wille of hem, that dreden him, and he schal here the biseching of hem; and he schal make hem saaf.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

[There are] many devices in a man's heart,.... Some about civil things; to get wealth and riches: to obtain honour and glory among men; to attain to a long life, and to perpetuate their memories after death: some about sinful things; to gratify their carnal lusts and sensual appetites; and to do mischief to others, particularly the people of God, and the cause and interest of Christ: some about religious things; coming new doctrines, devising new ordinances and modes of worship; contriving other methods of salvation than by Christ; as by the light of nature; by the law of Moses; by mere morality, civility, and external justice between man and man; by keeping to the religion they were born and brought up in; and by a mere outward profession of religion, and submission to ordinances, and performance of duties, and a multitude more of the like kind;

nevertheless, the counsel of the Lord, that shall stand; and can never be frustrated by the devices of man's heart, though there are many, and that but one; see Psalms 33:10. This may be applied to the Gospel, and the scheme of salvation in it, called the whole counsel of God, Acts 20:27; it being the fruit of infinite wisdom, and the effect of a divine council between the eternal Three, and full of the best advice and instructions to the sons of men; and which has stood, and shall stand, notwithstanding the persecutions of wicked men, the craft of false teachers, and the ridicule of a profane world; it will continue till all the elect are gathered in, even, to the end of the world; and so will the ordinances of it, which are also called the counsel of God, Luke 7:30; and which will continue till the second coming of Christ. Moreover, the purposes of God, his counsels of old, or his eternal decrees, may be here meant; which are wisely formed in his own breast, and are not frustrable; and according to which counsel of his will all things are done in nature, providence, and grace; all things in this world are ordered as he pleases, and all things are done as he has ordered them; all his purposes are or will be fulfilled; his designs will be accomplished in the world and in his church, in spite of all the schemes, contrivances, and opposition of men and devils.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Contrast the many purposes of man, shifting, changing, from good to better, from bad to worse, and the one unchanging righteous “counsel” of Yahweh.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 19:21. There are many devices, &c. — The same sentiment as in Proverbs 16:1, where see the note. Proverbs 16:1.


 
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