Proverbs 15:22

Modern

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

Traditional

Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

Literal

Plans without counsel are broken, and in a multitude of counselors it is established.

Latin

Dissipantur cogitationes ubi non est consilium; ubi vero sunt plures consiliarii, confirmantur.

Hebrew

English

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

A person might not consider every aspect of a problem. A wise person seeks advice from many people.

Theme notes and profiles

Proverbs 11:14
For lack of guidance, a nation falls, but with many counselors comes deliverance.
Proverbs 20:18
Set plans by consultation, and wage war under sound guidance.
Ecclesiastes 8:6
For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.