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Proverbs 21:30

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

KJV

Non est sapientia, non est prudentia, non est consilium contra Dominum.

Vulgate

οὐκ ἔστιν σοφία, οὐκ ἔστιν ἀνδρία, οὐκ ἔστιν βουλὴ πρὸς τὸν ἀσεβῆ·

LXX

There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.

ASV

אֵ֣ין חָ֭כְמָה וְ/אֵ֣ין תְּבוּנָ֑ה וְ/אֵ֥ין עֵ֝צָ֗ה לְ/נֶ֣גֶד יְהוָֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
חָכְמָ֑ה
chkmh
noun · 148×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
נֶ֣גֶד
ngd
preposition · 148×
עֲצַ֥ת
'tst
verb · 90×
תְּבוּנָֽה
tbvnh
noun · 43×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 3:19 — For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
  • 1Kgs 20:24 — And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms:
  • 1Sam 17:47 — And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hands.
  • 1Sam 19:10 — And Saul sought to smite David even to the wall with the javelin, but he slipped away out of Saul’s presence, and he smote the javelin into the wall: and David fled, and escaped that night.
  • 2Cor 13:8 — For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
  • 2Kgs 6:8 — Then the king of Syria warred against Israel, and took counsel with his servants, saying, In such and such a place shall be my camp.
  • 2Sam 11:9 — But Uriah slept at the door of the king’s house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.
  • 2Sam 17:14 — And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the inte
  • Acts 4:27 — For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,
  • Acts 5:38 — And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought:
  • Acts 5:39 — But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
  • Acts 5:39 — But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
  • Dan 4:35 — And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto h
  • Dan 11:15 — So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength
  • Eccl 3:14 — I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
  • Eccl 9:11 — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skil
  • Ezra 6:6 — Now therefore, Tatnai, governor beyond the river, Shetharboznai, and your companions the Apharsachites, which are beyond the river, be ye far from thence:
  • Gen 12:11 — And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
  • Hab 2:13 — Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?
  • Isa 7:5 — Because Syria, Ephraim, and the son of Remaliah, have taken evil counsel against thee, saying,
  • Isa 7:7 — Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass.
  • Isa 8:9 — Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken i
  • Isa 8:10 — Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
  • Isa 14:24 — The LORD of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; and as I have purposed, so shall it stand:
  • Isa 14:27 — For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
  • Isa 14:27 — For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
  • Isa 19:3 — And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to t
  • Isa 43:13 — Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
  • Isa 45:9 — Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
  • Isa 46:10 — Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
  • Isa 46:10 — Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure:
  • Jer 9:23 — Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
  • Jer 23:20 — The anger of the LORD shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.
  • Jer 27:22 — They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the LORD; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
  • Jer 36:23 — And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was
  • Job 5:12 — He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
  • Jonah 1:13 — Nevertheless the men rowed hard to bring it to the land; but they could not: for the sea wrought, and was tempestuous against them.
  • Josh 2:2 — And it was told the king of Jericho, saying, Behold, there came men in hither to night of the children of Israel to search out the country.
  • Josh 8:7 — Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
  • Lam 3:37 — Who is he that saith, and it cometh to pass, when the Lord commandeth it not?