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Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD.

KJV

Sortes mittuntur in sinum, sed a Domino temperantur.

Vulgate

εἰς κόλπους ἐπέρχεται πάντα τοῖς ἀδίκοις, παρὰ δὲ Κυρίου πάντα τὰ δίκαια.

LXX

The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah.

ASV

בַּ֭/חֵיק יוּטַ֣ל אֶת הַ/גּוֹרָ֑ל וּ֝/מֵ/יְהוָ֗ה כָּל מִשְׁפָּטֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גּוֹרָ֖ל
gvrl
noun · 76×
י
y
noun · 422×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָּ֤טֶל
ytl
verb · 14×
ךָ
k
noun · 38×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

We believe that this good God, after creating all things, did not abandon them to chance or fortune but leads and governs them according to his holy will, in such a way that nothing happens in this world without God's orderly arrangement. Yet God is not the author of, and cannot be charged with, the sin that occurs. For God's power and goodness are so great and incomprehensible…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 25:8 — And they cast lots, ward against ward, as well the small as the great, the teacher as the scholar.
  • 1Sam 14:41 — Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
  • 1Sam 14:41 — Therefore Saul said unto the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect lot. And Saul and Jonathan were taken: but the people escaped.
  • Acts 1:26 — And they gave forth their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
  • Esth 3:7 — In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that
  • Ezek 21:21 — For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
  • Jonah 1:7 — And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
  • Jonah 1:7 — And they said every one to his fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, that we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah.
  • Josh 7:14 — In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD
  • Josh 7:14 — In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the LORD
  • Josh 14:2 — By lot was their inheritance, as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for the half tribe.
  • Josh 18:5 — And they shall divide it into seven parts: Judah shall abide in their coast on the south, and the house of Joseph shall abide in their coasts on the north.
  • Josh 18:10 — And Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before the LORD: and there Joshua divided the land unto the children of Israel according to their divisions.
  • Lev 16:8 — And Aaron shall cast lots upon the two goats; one lot for the LORD, and the other lot for the scapegoat.
  • Neh 11:1 — And the rulers of the people dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts to dwell in other cities.
  • Num 26:55 — Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit.
  • Prov 18:18 — The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
  • Prov 18:18 — The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
  • Prov 29:26 — Many seek the ruler’s favour; but every man’s judgment cometh from the LORD.