The Meaning of Proverbs 21:30 Explained

Proverbs 21:30

KJV: There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

YLT: There is no wisdom, nor understanding, Nor counsel, over-against Jehovah.

Darby: There is no wisdom, nor understanding, nor counsel against Jehovah.

ASV: There is no wisdom nor understanding Nor counsel against Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[There is] no wisdom  nor understanding  nor counsel  against the LORD. 

What does Proverbs 21:30 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 21

1  The king's heart in the hand of the Lord

What do the individual words in Proverbs 21:30 mean?

[There is] no wisdom and no understanding counsel against Yahweh -
אֵ֣ין חָ֭כְמָה וְאֵ֣ין תְּבוּנָ֑ה עֵ֝צָ֗ה לְנֶ֣גֶד יְהוָֽה פ

אֵ֣ין  [There  is]  no 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
חָ֭כְמָה  wisdom 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: חָכְמָה  
Sense: wisdom.
וְאֵ֣ין  and  no 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
תְּבוּנָ֑ה  understanding 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּבוּנָה 
Sense: understanding, intelligence.
עֵ֝צָ֗ה  counsel 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֵצָה 
Sense: counsel, advice, purpose.
לְנֶ֣גֶד  against 
Parse: Preposition-l
Root: נֶגֶד  
Sense: what is conspicuous, what is in front of adv.
יְהוָֽה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: Jehovah—used primarily in the combination ‘Lord Jehovah’.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation