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Manyרַבּוֹתare the plansמַחֲשָׁבוֹתin the heartבְּלֶבof a man,אִישׁbut the counselוַעֲצַתof YHWH,יְהוָהitהִיאwill stand.תָקוּם
Proverbs 19:21
Study it in the app“Many are the plans in the heart of a man, but the counsel of YHWH, it will stand.”
Many are the plans in a person's heart, but the counsel of YHWH will standProvidenceListen to advice, and remember YHWH's plan is the one that standsGod guides
With the Hebrew beneath
Proverbs 19:21, word by word
- Manyרַבּוֹתrabot
many
A great number of people or things.
Where else “rabot” appears- are the plansמַחֲשָׁבוֹתmachashavot
thought
What one has in mind and intends.
Where else “machashavot” appears- in the heartלֶבlev
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lev” appears- of a manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- but the counselעֲצַתatsat
plan
What someone decides to do, above all YHWH, which stands.
Where else “atsat” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- will standתָקוּםtakum
stand firm
To hold firm, be fulfilled.
Where else “takum” appears
The context
20Listen to counsel and receive correction, so that you may become wise in your end.
21 · This verse (above)
22What is desirable in a man is his loyal love, and better is a poor man than a man who lies.