Verse 14
14. Where no counsel is No pilotage, guidance, or wise management. Miller renders helmsmanhip instead of “counsel.”
The people fall Rather, a people or nation falls. It probably applies to States or entire communities.
In the multitude of counsellers Or, in the greatness of the counsellor, is safety. If the word יועצ , ( yo’hets,) which is singular, is to be understood as a collective noun, (counsellors,) it is implied that they are more or less capable; otherwise, the multiplicity of them might only confuse, weaken, and bring disaster. Too many and diverse counsellors are sometimes worse than none. One really capable man is worth a dozen such. Yo’hets, instead of being a participial noun, may be a participle proper.
Then the rendering would be, By much “counselling” thoughtful planning safety is secured. Comp. Proverbs 15:22; Proverbs 24:6; Ecclesiastes 9:15; 1 Kings 12:1, seq.; Isaiah 3:4.
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