2 Tawarikh 30:2

30:2 The king, his officials, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover in the second month.

2 Tawarikh 30:2

30:2 The king, his officials, and the entire assembly in Jerusalem decided to observe the Passover in the second month.

Kisah Para Rasul 18:20

18:20 When they asked him to stay longer, he would not consent, ¹ 

Amsal 15:22

15:22 Plans fail ²  when there is no counsel,

but with abundant advisers they are established. ³ 

Amsal 20:18

20:18 Plans ⁴  are established by counsel,

so ⁵  make war ⁶  with guidance.

Amsal 24:6

24:6 for with guidance you wage your war,

and with numerous advisers there is victory. ⁷ 

Yesaya 40:13

40:13 Who comprehends ⁸  the mind ⁹  of the Lord,

or gives him instruction as his counselor? ¹⁰ 

Roma 11:34

11:34 For who has known the mind of the Lord,

or who has been his counselor? ¹¹ 

[18:20]  ¹ sn He would not consent. Paul probably refused because he wanted to reach Jerusalem for the festival season before the seas became impassable during the winter.

[15:22]  ² tn Heb “go wrong” (so NRSV, NLT). The verb is the Hiphil infinitive absolute from פָּרַר, parar, which means “to break; to frustrate; to go wrong” (HALOT 975 s.v. I פרר 2). The plans are made ineffectual or are frustrated when there is insufficient counsel.

[15:22]  ³ sn The proverb says essentially the same thing as 11:14, but differently.

[20:18]  ⁴ tn The noun form is plural, but the verb is singular, suggesting either an abstract plural or a collective plural is being used here.

[20:18]  ⁵ tn The clause begins with vav (ו) on “with guidance.” But the clause has an imperative for its main verb. One could take the imperfect tense in the first colon as an imperfect of injunction, and then this clause would be also instructional. But the imperfect tense is a Niphal, and so it is better to take the first colon as the foundational clause and the second colon as the consequence (cf. NAB): If that is true, then you should do this.

[20:18]  ⁶ sn There have been attempts by various commentators to take “war” figuratively to mean life’s struggles, litigation, or evil inclinations. But there is no need and little justification for such interpretations. The proverb simply describes the necessity of taking counsel before going to war.

[24:6]  ⁷ sn The point of the saying is that wise counsel is necessary in war. Victory, strategy, and counsel are more important than mere military strength – many great armies have been destroyed because of their unwise leaders. See on this theme 11:14; 20:18; and 21:22.

[40:13]  ⁸ tn Perhaps the verb is used metonymically here in the sense of “advises” (note the following line).

[40:13]  ⁹ tn In this context רוּחַ (ruakh) likely refers to the Lord’s “mind,” or mental faculties, rather than his personal Spirit (see BDB 925 s.v.).

[40:13]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “or [as] the man of his counsel causes him to know?”

[11:34]  ¹¹ sn A quotation from Isa 40:13.