Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

Casting the lot ends quarrels
and separates powerful opponents.

New American Standard Bible

The cast lot puts an end to strife
And decides between the mighty ones.

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

Casting dice settles a dispute, deciding between strong contenders.

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


To cast lots puts an end to quarrels
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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The lot
גּרל גּורל 
Gowral 
lot
Usage: 77

מדין 
Midyan 
Usage: 9

to cease
שׁבת 
Shabath 
Usage: 71

References

Context Readings

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

17 The first to state his case seems right
until another comes and cross-examines him.
18 Casting the lot ends quarrels
and separates powerful opponents.
19 An offended brother is harder to reach
than a fortified city,
and quarrels are like the bars of a fortress.



Cross References

Proverbs 16:33

The lot is cast into the lap,
but its every decision is from the Lord.


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Joshua 14:2

Their inheritance was by lot as the Lord commanded through Moses for the nine and a half tribes,

1 Samuel 10:21-27

Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the Matrite clan was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they searched for him, they could not find him.

1 Samuel 14:42

Then Saul said, “Cast the lot between me and my son Jonathan,” and Jonathan was selected.

1 Chronicles 6:63

The Merarites were assigned by lot 12 towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun according to their families.

1 Chronicles 24:31

They also cast lots the same way as their relatives the sons of Aaron did in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger brothers alike.

Nehemiah 11:1

Now the leaders of the people stayed in Jerusalem, and the rest of the people cast lots for one out of ten to come and live in Jerusalem, the holy city, while the other nine-tenths remained in their towns.

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