Proverbs 15:22
New International Version
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

New Living Translation
Plans go wrong for lack of advice; many advisers bring success.

English Standard Version
Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.

Berean Standard Bible
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

King James Bible
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellers they are established.

New King James Version
Without counsel, plans go awry, But in the multitude of counselors they are established.

New American Standard Bible
Without consultation, plans are frustrated, But with many counselors they succeed.

NASB 1995
Without consultation, plans are frustrated, But with many counselors they succeed.

NASB 1977
Without consultation, plans are frustrated, But with many counselors they succeed.

Legacy Standard Bible
Without consultation, plans are frustrated, But with many counselors they succeed.

Amplified Bible
Without consultation and wise advice, plans are frustrated, But with many counselors they are established and succeed.

Christian Standard Bible
Plans fail when there is no counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Plans fail when there is no counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

American Standard Version
Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed; But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Those who honor the assembly bypass reasoning, and by the multitude of advisers advice is established.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
They that honour not councils put off deliberation; but counsel abides in the hearts of counsellors.

Contemporary English Version
Without good advice everything goes wrong--it takes careful planning for things to go right.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Designs are brought to nothing where there is no counsel: but where there are many counsellors, they are established.

English Revised Version
Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Without advice plans go wrong, but with many advisers they succeed.

Good News Translation
Get all the advice you can, and you will succeed; without it you will fail.

International Standard Version
Plans fail without advice, but with many counselors they are confirmed.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For want of counsel purposes are frustrated; But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Literal Standard Version
The making void of purposes [is] without counsel, | And in a multitude of counselors it is established.

Majority Standard Bible
Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

New American Bible
Plans fail when there is no counsel, but they succeed when advisers are many.

NET Bible
Plans fail when there is no counsel, but with abundant advisers they are established.

New Revised Standard Version
Without counsel, plans go wrong, but with many advisers they succeed.

New Heart English Bible
Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.

Webster's Bible Translation
Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counselors they are established.

World English Bible
Where there is no counsel, plans fail; but in a multitude of counselors they are established.

Young's Literal Translation
Without counsel is the making void of purposes, And in a multitude of counsellors it is established.

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Context
A Gentle Answer Turns Away Wrath
21Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path. 22Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed. 23A man takes joy in a fitting reply—and how good is a timely word!…

Cross References
1 Kings 1:12
Now please, come and let me advise you. Save your own life and the life of your son Solomon.

Proverbs 11:14
For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.

Proverbs 15:21
Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.

Proverbs 15:23
A man takes joy in a fitting reply--and how good is a timely word!

Proverbs 20:18
Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.


Treasury of Scripture

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Proverbs 11:14
Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers there is safety.

Proverbs 20:18
Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.

Ecclesiastes 8:6
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him.

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Verse 22. - Without counsel - where no counsel is - purposes are disappointed (Proverbs 11:14); there can be no concerted action, or the means used are not the best that could be devised. Hesiod, Theog., 293 -

Ἐσθλὸς δ αϋ κἀκεῖνος ο{ς εϋ εἰπὸ´ντι πίθηται
 {Ος δὲ κε μήτ αὐτὸς νοέῃ μήτ ἄλλου ἀκούων
Ἐν θυμῷ βάλληται ὁ δ αϋτ ἀχρήιος ἀνήρ (Comp. Proverbs 20:18.) In the multitude of counsellors they are established (Proverbs 24:6). We read of "counsellors" as almost regular officials in the Hebrew court, as in modern kingdoms (see 1 Chronicles 27:32; Isaiah 1:26; Micah 4:9; comp. Ezra 7:28). There is, of course, the danger of secrets being divulged where counsellors are many; and there is Terence's maxim to fear, "Quot heroines, tot sententiae;" but, properly guarded and discreetly used, good counsel is above all price. Septuagint, "They who honour not councils (συνέδρια) lay aside (ὑπερτίθενται) conclusions (i.e. put off coming to any definite decision); but in the hearts of those who consult counsel abideth" (compare the parallel clause, Proverbs 19:21).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Plans
מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹת (ma·ḥă·šā·ḇō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4284: A contrivance, a texture, machine, intention, plan

fail
הָפֵ֣ר (hā·p̄êr)
Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's 6565: To break up, to violate, frustrate

for lack
בְּאֵ֣ין (bə·’ên)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

of counsel,
ס֑וֹד (sō·wḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5475: A session, company of persons, intimacy, consultation, a secret

but with many
וּבְרֹ֖ב (ū·ḇə·rōḇ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7230: Multitude, abundance, greatness

advisers
יוֹעֲצִ֣ים (yō·w·‘ă·ṣîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 3289: To advise, to deliberate, resolve

they succeed.
תָּקֽוּם׃ (tā·qūm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand


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