³ tn Or “plan.”

³ tn Or “plan.”

² tn Grk “the things that I plan, do I plan (them).”

³ tn Heb “and you walk in their plans.”

¹ tn Heb “remember what Balak…planned.”

¹ tn Heb “to do according to this plan.”

⁴ tn Heb “has counseled a counsel against you, has planned a plan against you.”

² tn Heb “I know the plans that I am planning for you, oracle of the Lord, plans of well-being and not for harm, to give to you….”

³ tn Heb “making a plan, but not from me.”

¹ tn Heb “they devise wicked [plans] in [their] mind.”

¹ tn Heb “Saul was planning the evil against him.”

¹ tn Heb “doing a plan.” The noun זִמָּה (zimmah, “plan”) is often used pejoratively of a scheme to do wickedness. It is used elsewhere for planning lewdness, murder, incest, adultery, idolatry, and licentiousness. Any planned gross impropriety gives the fool pleasure. The verb עָשָׂה (ʿasah, “to do”) here means “to carry out (a plan)” (BDB 794 s.v.).

¹ sn The noun means “advice, counsel”; it can have the connotation of planning or making decisions. Those with understanding can sort out plans.

⁴ sn The point of the proverb is that the human being with many plans is uncertain, but the Lord with a sure plan gives correct counsel.

³ tn The word רַע (raʿ, “evil, wicked”) is a genitive of source or subjective genitive, meaning the plans that the wicked devise—“wicked plans.”

¹ tn This term usually means “plans; devices” in a bad sense, although it can be used of God’s plans (see e.g., Zech 8:15).

⁵ sn From times long ago. Once again, God’s plan is emphasized.

⁴ sn This term speaks of completion of something planned (2 Chr 29:35).

¹ tn Heb “you planned shame for your house, cutting off many nations, and sinning [against] your life.”

⁶ sn The metaphor in v. 11b emphasizes that God has carefully planned Edom’s demise.