PRO 20:18 Parallel Verse View

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Key: khaki:verbs.
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UST What people plan succeeds when others advise them,
⇔ so let others advise you before you start fighting a war.

OEB Take advice in arranging your plans,
⇔ and do not make war without guidance.

WEBBE Plans are established by advice;
⇔ by wise guidance you wage war!

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Plans are established by counsel,
⇔ so make war with guidance.

LSV You establish purposes by counsel,
And with plans you make war.

FBV With sound advice, plans are successful; if you're going to war, make sure you have good guidance.

T4T ⇔ When people give you good advice, if you do what they suggest, your plans will succeed;
⇔ so be sure to get good advice from wise people before you start fighting a war.

LEB • [fn] will be established by advice, and with guidance make war.

20:? Hebrew “plans”

BBE Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war.

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JPS Every purpose is established by counsel; and with good advice carry on war.

ASV Every purpose is established by counsel;
⇔ And by wise guidance make thou war.

DRA Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.

YLT Purposes by counsel thou dost establish, And with plans make thou war.

Drby Plans are established by counsel; and with good advice make war.

RV Every purpose is established by counsel: and by wise guidance make thou war,

Wbstr Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

KJB-1769 Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

KJB-1611 [fn]Euery purpose is established by counsell: and with good aduice make warre.
(Every purpose is established by counsell: and with good advice make warre.)

20:18 Chap. 15. 22.

Bshps Thorowe counsayle, the thinges that men deuise are made strong: and with good aduise take warre in hande.
(Thorowe counsayle, the things that men devise are made strong: and with good advise take war in hand.)

Gnva Establish the thoughtes by counsell: and by counsell make warre.
(Establish the thoughts by counsell: and by counsell make warre. )

Cvdl Thorow councell the thinges that men deuyse go forwarde: & with discrecion ought warres to be taken in honde.
(Thorow council/counsel the things that men deuyse go forwarde: and with discrecion ought wars to be taken in honde.)

Wycl Thouytis ben maad strong bi counselis; and bateils schulen be tretid bi gouernals.
(Thouytis been made strong by counselis; and bateils should be tretid by gouernals.)

Luth Anschläge bestehen, wenn man sie mit Rat führet; und Krieg soll man mit Vernunft führen.
(Anschläge bestehen, when man they/she/them with advice führet; and Krieg should man with Vernunft lead.)

ClVg Cogitationes consiliis roborantur, et gubernaculis tractanda sunt bella.
(Cogitationes consiliis roborantur, and gubernaculis tractanda are bella. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹת בְּ⁠עֵצָ֣ה תִכּ֑וֹן

plans in/on/at/with,advice established

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “Counsel establishes plans”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְּ⁠עֵצָ֣ה

in/on/at/with,advice

See how you translated the abstract noun counsel in 1:25.

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וּ֝⁠בְ⁠תַחְבֻּל֗וֹת

and,in/on/at/with,wise_guidance

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. Hebrew poetry was based on this kind of repetition, and it would be good to show this to your readers by including both phrases in your translation rather than combining them. However, if it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word other than and in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: “so, by guidance”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וּ֝⁠בְ⁠תַחְבֻּל֗וֹת עֲשֵׂ֣ה מִלְחָמָֽה

and,in/on/at/with,wise_guidance make/work/create/deal war

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of guidance, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “and let others guide you when you make war”

Parallel PRO 20:18