18 Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.
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Proverbs 20
Douay-Rheims American Edition, Verse 18
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Relevant source witnesses currently attached to Proverbs 20:18. Some ancient sources use different book or verse structures, so availability notes call out gaps honestly instead of forcing five panels everywhere.
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Source panels are separated by tradition and license. Imported or dataset-backed morphology is stronger than generated or rule-aligned morphology, and editorial alignment notes explain source-structure exceptions without pretending to be ancient source text.
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Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹת בְּעֵצָ֣ה תִכּ֑וֹן וּ֝בְתַחְבֻּל֗וֹת עֲשֵׂ֣ה מִלְחָמָֽה׃
מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹת
בְּעֵצָ֣ה
תִכּ֑וֹן
וּ֝בְתַחְבֻּל֗וֹת
עֲשֵׂ֣ה
Coverage: Old Testament and selected Apocrypha
Ancient Syriac translation tradition. Text coverage is imported; word-level morphology is marked pending until a dedicated Syriac morphology source is attached.
ܡܚܫܒܬܐ ܒܬܪܥܝܬܐ ܡܬܩܢܐ ܘܒܓܘܪܓܐ ܡܬܥܒܕ ܩܪܒܐ
ܡܚܫܒܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܚܫܒܬܐ
- Transliteration
- mhshbt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 36
ܒܬܪܥܝܬܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܒܬܪܥܝܬܐ
- Transliteration
- btr'yt'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; possible prefixed preposition b-
- Occurrences
- 4
ܡܬܩܢܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܬܩܢܐ
- Transliteration
- mtqn'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 9
ܘܒܓܘܪܓܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܘܒܓܘܪܓܐ
- Transliteration
- wbgwrg'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a; prefixed conjunction
- Occurrences
- 1
ܡܬܥܒܕ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܡܬܥܒܕ
- Transliteration
- mt'bd
- Morphology
- Syriac source token; morphology requires contextual review
- Occurrences
- 5
ܩܪܒܐ
- Confidence
- low preliminary Syriac pattern
- Note
- Spirit Nation preliminary Syriac pattern classification. It improves searchability and display coverage, but exact parsing requires human or dataset review.
- Lemma
- ܩܪܒܐ
- Transliteration
- qrb'
- Morphology
- probable emphatic-state noun/adjective or verbal form ending in -a
- Occurrences
- 154
Coverage: Prophets, Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Megillot, and Chronicles. Torah Onkelos excluded pending commercial-safe licensing.
Jewish Aramaic interpretive translation tradition. Use as a Targum witness, not as a one-for-one original-language replacement.
מַחְשַׁבְתָּא בְּעֵצְתָא תִּתַּקֵן וּבְמַדְבְּרָנוּתָא מִתְעֲבֵיד קְרָבָא׃
מַחְשַׁבְתָּא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- חשבתא
- Transliteration
- mchshbt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 19
בְּעֵצְתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- עצתא
- Transliteration
- b'tst'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 10
תִּתַּקֵן
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תתקן
- Transliteration
- ttqn
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic source token
- Occurrences
- 10
וּבְמַדְבְּרָנוּתָא
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- במדברנותא
- Transliteration
- wbmdbrnwt'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 1
מִתְעֲבֵיד
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- תעביד
- Transliteration
- mt'byd
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic token with stripped prefix/suffix
- Occurrences
- 52
קְרָבָא׃
- Status
- Preliminary machine alignment
- Confidence
- low aramaic preliminary
- Note
- Preliminary Aramaic token normalization. Lemma/gloss/morphology require later review.
- Lemma
- קרבא
- Transliteration
- qrb'
- Morphology
- preliminary Aramaic emphatic noun/adjective candidate
- Occurrences
- 469
Coverage: Bible and Apocrypha where imported
Latin textual tradition with GreLa-backed lemma/POS morphology for most tokens.
Cogitationes consiliis roborantur, et gubernaculis tractanda sunt bella.
cogitationes
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- cogitatio
- Transliteration
- cogitationes
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 138
consiliis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- consilium
- Transliteration
- consiliis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 232
roborantur
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- roboro
- Transliteration
- roborantur
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 16
et
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- et
- Transliteration
- et
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: coordinating conjunction
- Gloss
- and
- Part of Speech
- conjunction
- Definition
- and, also, even
- Etymology
- Basic Latin coordinating conjunction.
- Occurrences
- 50526
gubernaculis
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- gubernaculum
- Transliteration
- gubernaculis
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 4
tractanda
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- tracto
- Transliteration
- tractanda
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 19
sunt
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- sum
- Transliteration
- sunt
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: verb
- Occurrences
- 20614
bella
- Status
- Dataset-backed morphology
- Lemma
- bellum
- Transliteration
- bella
- Morphology
- GreLa POS: noun
- Occurrences
- 186
Coverage: Source-structure exceptions
Explains reader references where the imported tradition does not align one-to-one.
Editorial alignment note: The Greek Septuagint tradition often follows different ordering, grouping, or book structure here. Reader-side public-domain text for this reference: "Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war." This panel is a study bridge only, not a replacement for an ancient source witness.
Source verse imported. Word-by-word lemma, morphology, gloss, and lexicon entries have not been attached for this language/source yet.
These notes explain relevant source panels that are not shown for this verse because of source coverage, licensing, alternate traditions, or versification structure.
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Greek LXX
alternate structure
This Greek source uses tradition-specific ordering or verse grouping here. The closest one-to-one panel is not currently attached for this exact reference.
Ranked cross references
Connections are ranked by community votes in the OpenBible.info cross-reference dataset (CC BY 4.0). They suggest related themes, words, events, or people; they are not automatic interpretations.
Proverbs 15:22
Designs are brought to nothing where there is no counsel: but where there are many counsellors, they are established.
8 relevance votesProverbs 24:6
Because war is managed by due ordering: and there shall be safety where there are many counsels.
8 relevance votesLuke 14:31
Or what king, about to go to make war against another king, doth not first sit down, and think whether he be able, with ten thousand, to meet him that, with twenty thousand, cometh against him?
8 relevance votesProverbs 11:14
Where there is no governor, the people shall fall: but there is safety where there is much counsel.
5 relevance votesJudges 20:18
And they arose and came to the house of God, that is, to Silo: and they consulted God, and said: Who shall be in our army the first to go to the battle against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord answered them: Let Juda be your leader.
4 relevance votesJudges 20:7
You are all here, O children of Israel, determine what you ought to do.
3 relevance votesJudges 9:29
Would to God that some man would put this people under my hand, that I might remove Abimelech out of the way. And it was said to Abimelech: Gather together the multitude of an army, and come.
2 relevance votesProverbs 25:8
The things which thy eyes have seen, utter not hastily in a quarrel: lest afterward thou mayst not be able to make amends, when thou hast dishonoured thy friend.
2 relevance votesJudges 20:23
Yet so that they first went up and wept before the Lord until night: and consulted him, and said: Shall I go out any more to fight against the children of Benjamin my brethren, or not? And he answered them: Go up against them, and join battle.
1 relevance votes