Proverbs 19:21
New International Version
Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.

New Living Translation
You can make many plans, but the LORD’s purpose will prevail.

English Standard Version
Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand.

Berean Standard Bible
Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.

King James Bible
There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

New King James Version
There are many plans in a man’s heart, Nevertheless the LORD’s counsel—that will stand.

New American Standard Bible
Many plans are in a person’s heart, But the advice of the LORD will stand.

NASB 1995
Many plans are in a man’s heart, But the counsel of the LORD will stand.

NASB 1977
Many are the plans in a man’s heart, But the counsel of the LORD, it will stand.

Legacy Standard Bible
Many thoughts are in a man’s heart, But it is the counsel of Yahweh that will stand.

Amplified Bible
Many plans are in a man’s mind, But it is the LORD’S purpose for him that will stand (be carried out).

Christian Standard Bible
Many plans are in a person’s heart, but the LORD’s decree will prevail.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the LORD’s decree will prevail.

American Standard Version
There are many devices in a man's heart; But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Many are the thoughts in the heart of a man, and the counsel of LORD JEHOVAH will be confirmed.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
There are many thoughts in a man's heart; but the counsel of the Lord abides for ever.

Contemporary English Version
We may make a lot of plans, but the LORD will do what he has decided.

Douay-Rheims Bible
There are many thoughts in the heart of a man: but the will of the Lord shall stand firm.

English Revised Version
There are many devices in a man's heart; but the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Many plans are in the human heart, but the advice of the LORD will endure.

Good News Translation
People may plan all kinds of things, but the LORD's will is going to be done.

International Standard Version
Many plans occupy the mind of a man, but the LORD's purposes will prevail.

JPS Tanakh 1917
There are many devices in a man's heart; But the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

Literal Standard Version
The purposes in a man’s heart [are] many, | And the counsel of YHWH—it stands.

Majority Standard Bible
Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail.

New American Bible
Many are the plans of the human heart, but it is the decision of the LORD that endures.

NET Bible
There are many plans in a person's mind, but it is the counsel of the LORD which will stand.

New Revised Standard Version
The human mind may devise many plans, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will be established.

New Heart English Bible
There are many plans in a man's heart, but the LORD's counsel will prevail.

Webster's Bible Translation
There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

World English Bible
There are many plans in a man’s heart, but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.

Young's Literal Translation
Many are the purposes in a man's heart, And the counsel of Jehovah it standeth.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Man of Integrity
20Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days. 21Many plans are in a man’s heart, but the purpose of the LORD will prevail. 22The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.…

Cross References
Hebrews 6:17
So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.

Psalm 33:10
The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.

Psalm 33:11
The counsel of the LORD stands forever, the purposes of His heart to all generations.

Proverbs 16:1
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the reply of the tongue is from the LORD.

Proverbs 16:9
A man's heart plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

Proverbs 19:22
The desire of a man is loving devotion; better to be poor than a liar.

Isaiah 14:26
This is the plan devised for the whole earth, and this is the hand stretched out over all the nations.


Treasury of Scripture

There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

many

Proverbs 12:2
A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn.

Genesis 37:19,20
And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh…

Esther 9:25
But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

nevertheless

Proverbs 16:1,9
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD…

Proverbs 21:1,30
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will…

Genesis 45:4-8
And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt…

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Proverbs 19
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(21) There are many devices (or, thoughts) in a man's heart.--"He disquieteth himself in vain" (Psalm 39:6), endeavouring to carry out his various plans in life, while the one unchangeable "counsel of the Lord," that shall stand--i.e., abide in all its fulness. (Comp, Isaiah 46:10-11; Psalm 33:11; Job 23:13.)

Verse 21. - The immutability of the counsel of God is contrasted with the shifting, fluctuating purposes of man (comp. Proverbs 16:1, 9; Numbers 23:19; Malachi 3:6). Aben Ezra connects this verse with the preceding, as though it gave the reason for the advice contained therein. But it is most natural to take the maxim in a general sense, as above Wisd. 9:14, "The thoughts of mortal men are miserable, and our devices are but uncertain." The counsel of the Lord, that shall stand; permanebit, Vulgate; εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα μενε1FC0;ι, "shall abide forever," Septuagint (Psalm 33:11).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Many
רַבּ֣וֹת (rab·bō·wṯ)
Adjective - feminine plural
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

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

are in a man’s
אִ֑ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

heart,
בְּלֶב־ (bə·leḇ-)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

but the purpose
וַעֲצַ֥ת (wa·‘ă·ṣaṯ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 6098: Advice, plan, prudence

of the LORD
הִ֣יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

will prevail.
תָקֽוּם׃ (ṯā·qūm)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand


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