18 Purposes are established by counsel; Therefore with good advice make war.
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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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Editorial Notes
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Westminster Leningrad Codex
Hebrew · Hebrew Bible · Public Domain
Coverage: Old Testament / Hebrew Bible
Primary Hebrew source-text witness for the Hebrew Bible.
מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹת בְּעֵצָ֣ה תִכּ֑וֹן וּ֝בְתַחְבֻּל֗וֹת עֲשֵׂ֣ה מִלְחָמָֽה׃
6 word entries
מַ֭חֲשָׁבוֹת
בְּעֵצָ֣ה
תִכּ֑וֹן
וּ֝בְתַחְבֻּל֗וֹת
עֲשֵׂ֣ה
Syriac Peshitta Old Testament
Syriac · Syriac Peshitta · MIT License
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
6 word entries
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
Targumim on Prophets and Writings
Aramaic · Targum Jonathan and Writings Targumim · Public Domain
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׃
6 word entries
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
Latin Vulgate Clementine
Latin · Latin Vulgate · Public Domain text; CC BY-SA 4.0 morphology
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.
8 word entries
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
Spirit Nation Greek LXX Alignment Note
English · Greek Septuagint Structure · Spirit Nation Editorial Note
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
Without counsel, plans come to nought; But with a multitude of counsellors they are established.
8 relevance votesProverbs 24:6
For by wise counsel shalt thou make war, And by the multitude of counsellors cometh success.
8 relevance votesLuke 14:31
Or what king, setting out to give battle to another king, will not first sit down and consider whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?
8 relevance votesProverbs 11:14
Where there is no counsel, the people fall; But in a multitude of counsellors there is safety.
5 relevance votesJudges 20:18
4 relevance votesJudges 20:7
3 relevance votesJudges 9:29
2 relevance votesProverbs 25:8
Go not forth hastily to engage in a suit, Lest thou know not what to do in the end of it, When thine adversary hath put thee to shame.
2 relevance votes