Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Casting dice settles a dispute, deciding between strong contenders.
New American Standard Bible
And
King James Version
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
Holman Bible
and separates powerful opponents.
A Conservative Version
The lot causes contentions to cease, and decides between the mighty.
American Standard Version
The lot causeth contentions to cease, And parteth between the mighty.
Amplified
And decides between powerful contenders.
Bible in Basic English
The decision of chance puts an end to argument, parting the strong.
Darby Translation
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
Julia Smith Translation
The lot will cause contentions to cease, and will separate between the strong,
King James 2000
The lot causes contentions to cease, and decides between the mighty.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The lot will put an end to disputes, and between powerful contenders it will decide.
Modern King James verseion
The lot causes arguments to cease, and divides between the mighty.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The lot pacifieth the variance, and parteth the mighty asunder.
NET Bible
A toss of a coin ends disputes, and settles the issue between strong opponents.
New Heart English Bible
The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.
The Emphasized Bible
The lot causeth, contentions, to cease, and, the mighty, it parteth.
Webster
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
World English Bible
The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.
Youngs Literal Translation
The lot causeth contentions to cease, And between the mighty it separateth.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 18:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness
17 The first to put forth his case seems right, until someone else steps forward and cross-examines him. 18 Casting dice settles a dispute, deciding between strong contenders. 19 An offended brother is more unyielding than a fortified city, and his disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
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Cross References
Proverbs 16:33
The dice is cast into someone's lap, but the outcome is from the LORD.
Joshua 14:2
by lot, just as the LORD commanded through Moses for the nine tribes and the half-tribe,
1 Samuel 10:21-27
Then he brought forward the tribe of Benjamin according to its families, and the family of Matri was chosen. Finally, Kish's son Saul was chosen, but when they looked for him, they couldn't find him.
1 Samuel 14:42
Saul said, "Cast lots between me and my son Jonathan," and Jonathan was selected.
1 Chronicles 6:63
The descendants of Merari were allotted 12 towns according to their families from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
1 Chronicles 24:31
These individuals also cast lots corresponding to their relatives, Aaron's descendants, in the presence of King David, Zadok, and Ahimelech, and in the presence of the heads of the ancestral households of the priests and of the descendants of Levi, and the eldest was treated as impartially as was the younger brother.
Nehemiah 11:1
The leaders of the people who lived in Jerusalem, along with the rest of the people, decided to choose one out of ten of them by lot to live in Jerusalem, the holy city, leaving the other nine of them in their towns.