The Meaning of Proverbs 18:18 Explained

Proverbs 18:18

KJV: The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

YLT: The lot causeth contentions to cease, And between the mighty it separateth.

Darby: The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

ASV: The lot causeth contentions to cease, And parteth between the mighty.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The lot  causeth contentions  to cease,  and parteth  between the mighty. 

What does Proverbs 18:18 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 18

1  A fool delights not in understanding

What do the individual words in Proverbs 18:18 mean?

Contentions causes to cease [Casting] lots and the mighty keeps apart
מִ֭דְיָנִים יַשְׁבִּ֣ית הַגּוֹרָ֑ל וּבֵ֖ין עֲצוּמִ֣ים יַפְרִֽיד

מִ֭דְיָנִים  Contentions 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: מָדֹון  
Sense: strife, contention.
יַשְׁבִּ֣ית  causes  to  cease 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׁבַת 
Sense: to cease, desist, rest.
הַגּוֹרָ֑ל  [Casting]  lots 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: גֹּורָל  
Sense: lot.
עֲצוּמִ֣ים  the  mighty 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: עָצוּם  
Sense: mighty, vast, numerous.
יַפְרִֽיד  keeps  apart 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: פָּרַד  
Sense: to separate, divide.