18The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.


In Context

15 The heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

16 A man's gift makes room for him, and brings him before great men.

17 He who pleads his cause first seems right; until another comes and questions him.

18 The lot settles disputes, and keeps strong ones apart.

19 A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city; and disputes are like the bars of a castle.

20 A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

Proverbs 18:18 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:18The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

18:18Casting the lot settles disputes and keeps strong opponents apart.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

18:18The lot suppresseth contentions, and determineth even between the mighty.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

18:18The lot causeth contentions to cease, And parteth between the mighty.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:18The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

18:18The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

18:18The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

18:18The lot causeth contentions to cease, And between the mighty it separateth.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

18:18The lot causes contentions to cease, and parts between the mighty.