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Proverbs 19:21

NETBible	There are many plans¹ in a person’s mind,² but it³ is the counsel⁴ of the Lord which will stand.
NIV © biblegateway Pro 19:21	Many are the plans in a man’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 19:21	Many plans are in a man’s heart, But the counsel of the LORD will stand.
NLT © biblegateway Pro 19:21	You can make many plans, but the LORD’s purpose will prevail.
MSG © biblegateway Pro 19:21	We humans keep brainstorming options and plans, but GOD's purpose prevails.
BBE © SABDAweb Pro 19:21	A man’s heart may be full of designs, but the purpose of the Lord is unchanging.
NRSV © bibleoremus Pro 19:21	The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will be established.
NKJV © biblegateway Pro 19:21	There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the LORD’S counsel––that will stand.
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KJV	[There are] many <07227> devices <04284> in a man's <0376> heart <03820>_; nevertheless the counsel <06098> of the LORD <03068>_, that shall stand <06965> (8799)_.
NASB © biblegateway Pro 19:21	Many <07227> plans <04284> are in a man's <0376> heart <03820> , But the counsel <06098> of the LORD <03068> will stand <06965> .
LXXM	polloi <4183> A-NPM logismoi <3053> N-NPM en <1722> PREP kardia <2588> N-DSF androv <435> N-GSM h <3588> T-NSF de <1161> PRT boulh <1012> N-NSF tou <3588> T-GSM kuriou <2962> N-GSM eiv <1519> PREP ton <3588> T-ASM aiwna <165> N-ASM menei <3306> V-PAI-3S
NET [draft] ITL	There are many <07227> plans <04284> in a person’s <0376> mind <03820> , but it <01931> is the counsel <06098> of the Lord <03069> which will stand <06965> .
HEBREW	Mwqt <06965> ayh <01931> hwhy <03069> tuew <06098> sya <0376> blb <03820> twbsxm <04284> twbr (19:21) <07227>

NETBible

There are many plans¹ in a person’s mind,² but it³ is the counsel⁴ of the Lord which will stand.

NET Notes

¹sn 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.

²tn Heb “in the heart of a man” (cf. NAB, NIV). 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.

³tn 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.

⁴tn 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. NIV, NRSV, NLT “purpose”; NCV “plan”; TEV “the Lord’s will”).

⁴sn 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.