The Meaning of Proverbs 11:14 Explained

Proverbs 11:14

KJV: Where no counsel is, the people fall: but in the multitude of counsellers there is safety.

YLT: Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance is in a multitude of counsellors.

Darby: Where no advice is, the people fall; but in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

ASV: Where no wise guidance is, the people falleth; But in the multitude of counsellors there is safety.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Where no counsel  [is], the people  fall:  but in the multitude  of counsellors  [there is] safety. 

What does Proverbs 11:14 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 11

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What do the individual words in Proverbs 11:14 mean?

Where [there is] no counsel fall the people but [there is] safety in the multitude of counselors
בְּאֵ֣ין תַּ֭חְבֻּלוֹת יִפָּל־ עָ֑ם וּ֝תְשׁוּעָ֗ה בְּרֹ֣ב יוֹעֵֽץ

בְּאֵ֣ין  Where  [there  is]  no 
Parse: Preposition-b, Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
תַּ֭חְבֻּלוֹת  counsel 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural
Root: תַּחְבֻּלֹות  
Sense: direction, counsel, guidance, good advice, (wise) counsel.
יִפָּל־  fall 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָפַל  
Sense: to fall, lie, be cast down, fail.
עָ֑ם  the  people 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
וּ֝תְשׁוּעָ֗ה  but  [there  is]  safety 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּשׁוּעָה  
Sense: salvation, deliverance.
בְּרֹ֣ב  in  the  multitude 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: רֹב  
Sense: multitude, abundance, greatness.
יוֹעֵֽץ  of  counselors 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: יׄועֵץ 
Sense: to advise, consult, give counsel, counsel, purpose, devise, plan.