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Proverbs 16:1
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KJ21
The preparation of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
ASV
The plans of the heart belong to man; But the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
AMP
The plans and reflections of the heart belong to man, But the [wise] answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
AMPC
The plans of the mind and orderly thinking belong to man, but from the Lord comes the [wise] answer of the tongue.
BRG
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
CSB
The reflections of the heart belong to mankind, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
CSBA
The reflections of the heart belong to mankind, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
CEB
To people belong the plans of the heart, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.
CJB
A person is responsible to prepare his heart, but how the tongue speaks is from Adonai.
CEV
We humans make plans, but the Lord has the final word.
DARBY
The purposes of the heart are of man, but the answer of the tongue is from Jehovah.
DRA
It is the part of man to prepare the soul: and of the Lord to govern the tongue.
ERV
People might plan what they want to say, but it is the Lord who gives them the right words.
EASY
People make plans in their minds, but the Lord gives them the right words to say.
EHV
A person may have thought things through in his heart, but an apt answer from his tongue comes from the Lord.
ESV
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
ESVUK
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
EXB
People may make plans in their ·minds [hearts], but ·only the Lord can make them come true [L from the Lord comes a responding tongue].
GNV
The preparations of the heart are in man: but the answer of the tongue is of the Lord.
GW
The plans of the heart belong to humans, but an answer on the tongue comes from the Lord.
GNT
We may make our plans, but God has the last word.
HCSB
The reflections of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
ICB
People make plans in their hearts. But only the Lord can make those plans come true.
ISV
People do the planning, but the end result is from the Lord.
JUB
¶ Of man are the preparations of the heart, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
KJV
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
AKJV
The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the Lord.
LSB
The plans of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.
LEB
To mortals belong the plans of the heart, but from Yahweh comes the answer of the tongue.
TLB
We can make our plans, but the final outcome is in God’s hands.
MSG
Mortals make elaborate plans, but God has the last word.
MEV
The preparations of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
NOG
The plans of the heart belong to humans, but an answer on the tongue comes from Yahweh.
NABRE
Plans are made in human hearts, but from the Lord comes the tongue’s response.
NASB
The plans of the heart belong to a person, But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
NASB1995
The plans of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
NCB
A man may make plans in his heart, but the Lord provides the words that his tongue utters.
NCV
People may make plans in their minds, but only the Lord can make them come true.
NET
The intentions of the heart belong to a man, but the answer of the tongue comes from the Lord.
NIRV
People make plans in their hearts. But the Lord puts the correct answer on their tongues.
NIV
To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.
NIVUK
To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.
NKJV
The preparations of the heart belong to man, But the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
NLV
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
NLT
We can make our own plans, but the Lord gives the right answer.
NRSVA
The plans of the mind belong to mortals, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
NRSVACE
The plans of the mind belong to mortals, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
NRSVCE
The plans of the mind belong to mortals, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
NRSVUE
The plans of the mind belong to mortals, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
OJB
The plans of the lev belong to adam, and the answer of the lashon is from Hashem.
RGT
The preparations of the heart are in man. But the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
RSV
The plans of the mind belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
RSVCE
The plans of the mind belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from the Lord.
TLV
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the tongue’s answer is from Adonai.
VOICE
People go about making their plans, but the Eternal has the final word.
WEB
The plans of the heart belong to man, but the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.
WYC
It pertaineth to man to make ready the soul; and it pertaineth to the Lord to govern the tongue. (Each person must prepare their own soul, or their own life; but it is God who governeth their tongue, or telleth them what to say.)
YLT
Of man [are] arrangements of the heart, And from Jehovah an answer of the tongue.
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