Proverbs 8:14
New International Version
Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight, I have power.

New Living Translation
Common sense and success belong to me. Insight and strength are mine.

English Standard Version
I have counsel and sound wisdom; I have insight; I have strength.

Berean Standard Bible
Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.

King James Bible
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

New King James Version
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, I have strength.

New American Standard Bible
“Advice is mine and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power is mine.

NASB 1995
“Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power is mine.

NASB 1977
“Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power is mine.

Legacy Standard Bible
Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; I am understanding, might is mine.

Amplified Bible
“Counsel is mine and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power and strength are mine.

Christian Standard Bible
I possess good advice and sound wisdom; I have understanding and strength.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I possess good advice and competence; I have understanding and strength.

American Standard Version
Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Reason is mine and instruction; mine is understanding and mine is manly strength.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Counsel and safety are mine; prudence is mine, and strength is mine.

Contemporary English Version
I am strong, and I offer sensible advice and sound judgment.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Counsel and equity is mine, prudence is mine, strength is mine.

English Revised Version
Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Advice and priceless wisdom are mine. I, Understanding, have strength.

Good News Translation
I make plans and carry them out. I have understanding, and I am strong.

International Standard Version
Counsel belongs to me, along with sound judgment. I am understanding. Power belongs to me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding, power is mine.

Literal Standard Version
Counsel and substance [are] mine, | I [am] understanding, I have might.

Majority Standard Bible
Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.

New American Bible
Mine are counsel and advice; Mine is strength; I am understanding.

NET Bible
Counsel and sound wisdom belong to me; I possess understanding and might.

New Revised Standard Version
I have good advice and sound wisdom; I have insight, I have strength.

New Heart English Bible
Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.

Webster's Bible Translation
Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

World English Bible
Counsel and sound knowledge are mine. I have understanding and power.

Young's Literal Translation
Mine is counsel and substance, I am understanding, I have might.

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Context
The Excellence of Wisdom
13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech. 14Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength. 15By me kings reign, and rulers enact just laws;…

Cross References
Proverbs 1:25
because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,

Proverbs 2:7
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright; He is a shield to those who walk with integrity,

Proverbs 3:21
My son, do not lose sight of this: Preserve sound judgment and discernment.

Proverbs 18:1
He who isolates himself pursues selfish desires; he rebels against all sound judgment.

Proverbs 19:20
Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.

Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom makes the wise man stronger than ten rulers in a city.

Ecclesiastes 9:16
And I said, "Wisdom is better than strength, but the wisdom of the poor man is despised, and his words are not heeded."


Treasury of Scripture

Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

Counsel

Isaiah 9:6
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counseller, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

Isaiah 40:14
With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding?

John 1:9
That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world.

sound

Proverbs 2:6,7
For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding…

Romans 1:22
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

I have

Proverbs 24:5
A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

Ecclesiastes 7:19
Wisdom strengtheneth the wise more than ten mighty men which are in the city.

Ecclesiastes 9:16-18
Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard…

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Proverbs 8
1. the fame
6. and evidence of wisdom
10. The excellence
12. the nature
15. the power
18. the riches
22. and the eternity of wisdom
32. Wisdom is to be desired for the blessedness it brings














(14) Sound wisdom.--See above on Proverbs 2:7.

Strength.--Comp. Ecclesiastes 7:19. For these various gifts of wisdom, comp. Isaiah 11:2.

Verse 14. - Having said what she hates, Wisdom now says what she is, and what she can bestow on her followers. Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom. There is some doubt about the meaning of the word translated "sound wisdom" (tushiyyah). The Vulgate has aequitas; the Septuagint, ἀσφάλεια, "safety." The word occurs elsewhere in this book and in Job, but only in two other places of Scripture, viz. Isaiah 28:29 and Micah 6:9. It means properly "elevation" or "furtherance," or, as others say, "substance;" and then that which is essentially good end useful, which may be wisdom, aid, or security (see on Proverbs 2:7). Wisdom affirms that she possesses counsel and all that can help forward righteousness; see Job 12:13, 16, passages very similar to the present (comp. Wisd. 8:9, etc.). I am understanding. Wisdom does not merely possess these attributes; they are her very nature, as it is said, "God is love" St. Jerome's mea est prudentia, and the LXX.'s ἐμὴ φρόνησις, lose this trait. I have strength. Wisdom directs the energies and powers of her pupils, which without her control would be spent wrongly or uselessly (comp. Ecclesiastes 7:19). Wisdom, understanding, and might are named among the seven gifts of the Spirit in Isaiah 11:2; and we may see in the passage generally an adumbration of him who is called "Wonderful, Counsellor, the Mighty God" (Isaiah 9:6).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Counsel
עֵ֭צָה (‘ê·ṣāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6098: Advice, plan, prudence

and sound judgment
וְתוּשִׁיָּ֑ה (wə·ṯū·šî·yāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8454: Support, ability, help, an undertaking, understanding

are mine;
לִֽי־ (lî-)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

I
אֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

have insight
בִ֝ינָ֗ה (ḇî·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 998: An understanding

and strength.
גְבוּרָֽה׃ (ḡə·ḇū·rāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1369: Force, valor, victory


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