Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD. New Living Translation We may throw the dice, but the LORD determines how they fall. English Standard Version The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD. Berean Standard Bible The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD. King James Bible The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD. New King James Version The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision is from the LORD. New American Standard Bible The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision is from the LORD. NASB 1995 The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision is from the LORD. NASB 1977 The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision is from the LORD. Legacy Standard Bible The lot is cast into the lap, But its every judgment is from Yahweh. Amplified Bible The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision is from the LORD. Christian Standard Bible The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD. Holman Christian Standard Bible The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD. American Standard Version The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of Jehovah. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Into the breast of the vicious his portion falls; from before LORD JEHOVAH goes forth his judgment. Brenton Septuagint Translation All evils come upon the ungodly into their bosoms; but all righteous things come of the Lord. Contemporary English Version We make our own decisions, but the LORD alone determines what happens. Douay-Rheims Bible Lots are cast into the lap, but they are disposed of by the Lord. English Revised Version The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD. GOD'S WORD® Translation The dice are thrown, but the LORD determines every outcome. Good News Translation People cast lots to learn God's will, but God himself determines the answer. International Standard Version The dice is cast into someone's lap, but the outcome is from the LORD. JPS Tanakh 1917 The lot is cast into the lap; But the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD. Literal Standard Version The lot is cast into the center, | And all its judgment [is] from YHWH! Majority Standard Bible The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD. New American Bible Into the bag the lot is cast, but from the LORD comes every decision. NET Bible The dice are thrown into the lap, but their every decision is from the LORD. New Revised Standard Version The lot is cast into the lap, but the decision is the LORD’s alone. New Heart English Bible The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD. Webster's Bible Translation The lot is cast into the lap: but the whole disposing of it is from the LORD. World English Bible The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from Yahweh. Young's Literal Translation Into the centre is the lot cast, And from Jehovah is all its judgment! Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Reply of the Tongue is from the LORD…32He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city. 33The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD. Cross References Acts 1:26 Then they cast lots, and the lot fell to Matthias; so he was added to the eleven apostles. Joshua 7:14 In the morning you must present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe that the LORD selects shall come forward clan by clan, and the clan that the LORD selects shall come forward family by family, and the family that the LORD selects shall come forward man by man. 1 Samuel 10:19 But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, 'No, set a king over us.' Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans." Proverbs 16:32 He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city. Proverbs 18:18 Casting the lot ends quarrels and separates strong opponents. Proverbs 29:26 Many seek the ruler's favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD. Ezekiel 21:21 For the king of Babylon stands at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He shakes the arrows, he consults the idols, he examines the liver. Treasury of Scripture The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the LORD. Numbers 26:55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot: according to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. Joshua 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 shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man. Joshua 18:5,10 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… Jump to Previous Cast Centre Chance Decision Disposing Judgment Lot Thereof Whole WhollyJump to Next Cast Centre Chance Decision Disposing Judgment Lot Thereof Whole WhollyProverbs 16 1. The Plans of the heart(33) The lot is cast into the lap . . .--In other words, much that we attribute to chance is due to the providence of God. (Comp. Matthew 10:29-30.) This should be an encouragement to trust in Him. Verse 33. - The lot is cast into the lap. The bosom or fold of the garment (Proverbs 6:27; Proverbs 17:23; Proverbs 21:14). It is not quite clear what articles the Jews used in their divinations by lot. Probably they employed stones, differing in shape or colour, or having some distinguishing mark. These were placed in a vessel or in the fold of a garment, and drawn or shaken thence. Such a practice has been common in all ages and countries; and though only cursorily mentioned in the Mosaic legislation (Numbers 26:55), it was used by the Jews from the time of Joshua, and in the earliest days of the Christian Church (see Joshua 18:10; Judges 20:9; 1 Samuel 10:20, 21; Acts 1:28, etc.). As by this means man's agency was minimized, and all partiality and chicanery were excluded, the decision was regarded as directed by Providence. There is one case only of ordeal in the Law, and that under suspicion of adultery (Numbers 5:12, etc.). In the Epistle to the Hebrews, in place of the lot we read (Hebrews 6:16), "An oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife." The whole disposing thereof is of the Lord. In these cases the Jew learned to see, in what we call chance, the overruling of Divine power. But this was not blind superstition. He did not feel justified in resorting to this practice on every trivial occasion, as persons used the Sortes Virgilianae or even the verses of the Bible for the same purpose. The lot was employed religiously in cases where other means of decision were not suitable or available; it was not to supersede common prudence or careful investigation; but, for example, in trials where the evidence was conflicting and the judges could not determine the case, the merits were ascer-rained by lot (comp. ch. 18:18). After the effusion of the Holy Spirit, the apostles never resorted to divination, and the Christian Church has wisely repudiated the practice of all such modes of discovering the Divine will. Septuagint, "For the unrighteous all things fall into their bosom, but from the Lord are all just things," which may mean either that, though the wicked seem to prosper, God still works out his righteous ends; or the evil suffer retribution, and thus God's justice is displayed. |
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