Proverbs 24:6
Modern Translations
New International Version
Surely you need guidance to wage war, and victory is won through many advisers.

New Living Translation
So don’t go to war without wise guidance; victory depends on having many advisers.

English Standard Version
for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory.

Berean Study Bible
Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors.

New American Standard Bible
For by wise guidance you will wage war, And in an abundance of counselors there is victory.

NASB 1995
For by wise guidance you will wage war, And in abundance of counselors there is victory.

NASB 1977
For by wise guidance you will wage war, And in abundance of counselors there is victory.

Amplified Bible
For by wise guidance you can wage your war, And in an abundance of [wise] counselors there is victory and safety.

Christian Standard Bible
for you should wage war with sound guidance — victory comes with many counselors.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
for you should wage war with sound guidance-- victory comes with many counselors.

Contemporary English Version
Battles are won by listening to advice and making a lot of plans.

Good News Translation
After all, you must make careful plans before you fight a battle, and the more good advice you get, the more likely you are to win.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
After all, with the right strategy you can wage war, and with many advisers there is victory.

International Standard Version
For through wise counsel you will wage your war, and victory lies in an abundance of advisors.

NET Bible
for with guidance you wage your war, and with numerous advisers there is victory.
Classic Translations
King James Bible
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellers there is safety.

New King James Version
For by wise counsel you will wage your own war, And in a multitude of counselors there is safety.

King James 2000 Bible
For by wise counsel you shall wage your war: and in a multitude of counselors there is safety.

New Heart English Bible
for by wise guidance you wage your war; and victory is in many advisors.

World English Bible
for by wise guidance you wage your war; and victory is in many advisors.

American King James Version
For by wise counsel you shall make your war: and in multitude of counsellors there is safety.

American Standard Version
For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

A Faithful Version
For by wise counsel you shall make your war; and in a multitude of wise counselors there is safety.

Darby Bible Translation
For with good advice shalt thou make thy war; and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

English Revised Version
For by wise guidance thou shalt make thy war: and in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Webster's Bible Translation
For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counselors there is safety.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For with counsel thou shalt enterprise thy warre, and in the multitude of them that can giue counsell, is health.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For with discretion must warres be taken in hand: and where as are many that can geue counsaile, there is health.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For with discrecion must warres be take in honde, and where as are many yt can geue councell, there is ye victory.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For you make war for yourself by plans, "" And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counselors.

Young's Literal Translation
For by plans thou makest for thyself war, And deliverance is in a multitude of counsellors.

Smith's Literal Translation
For by guidance thou shalt make to thee war, and in the multitude of counselors salvation.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Because war is managed by due ordering: and there shall be safety where there are many counsels.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For war is undertaken in an orderly manner, and safety shall be where there are many counsels.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
War is made in provocation, and salvation in the abundance of counsel.

Lamsa Bible
For by provocation is war waged; and in a multitude of counsels there is salvation.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
For with wise advice thou shalt make thy war; And in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
War is carried on with generalship, and aid is supplied to the heart of a counsellor.
















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