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14 Where there is no (A)guidance the people fall,
But in abundance of counselors there is salvation.

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14 Without guidance, people fall,
but with many counselors there is deliverance.(A)

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22 Without consultation, [a]plans are frustrated,
But with many counselors they [b]succeed.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:22 Lit thoughts
  2. Proverbs 15:22 Or are established

22 Plans fail when there is no counsel,
but with many advisers they succeed.(A)

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A (A)wise man is [a]strong,
And a man of knowledge strengthens his power.
For (B)by guidance you will make war,
And (C)in abundance of counselors there is salvation.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:5 Lit in strength

A wise warrior is better than a strong one,[a]
and a man of knowledge than one of strength;[b](A)
for you should wage war with sound guidance—
victory comes with many counselors.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:5 LXX, Syr; MT reads one is in strength
  2. Proverbs 24:5 LXX, Syr, Tg; MT reads knowledge exerts strength