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ืžืฉืคื˜ ื• ื›ืœ ื• ืž ื™ื”ื•ื” ื” ื’ื•ืจืœ ืืช ื™ื•ื˜ืœ ื‘ ื—ื™ืง
judgments of himselfalland from He Is (YHWH)the Small-Stoneืืช-self eternalcaused to be castwithin the Fold/Bosom
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RBT Translation:
within the Fold/Bosom caused to be cast ืืช-self eternal the Small-Stone and from He Is (YHWH) all judgments of himself
RBT Paraphrase:
Within the Fold the self eternal Small-Stone is caused to be cast,1 and from He Is are all decisions of himself.
Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
In the bosom he shall, cast the lot; and from Jehovah all his judgment.
LITV Translation:
The lot is cast into the lap, but all ordering of it is from Jehovah.
Brenton Septuagint Translation:
All evils come upon the ungodly into their bosoms; But all righteous things come of the Lord.

Footnotes

Pro. 16:33

The phrase ื‘ื—ื™ืง ื™ื•ื˜ืœ ื”ื’ื•ืจืœ employs ื™ื•ื˜ืœ, a Hophal imperfect of the root ื ื˜ืœ (“to throw” or “to cast”), indicating causative passive: “is caused to be cast.” The subject, ื”ึทื’ึผื•ึนืจึธืœ (“the lot”), undergoes this passive causation—not as a spontaneous event, but as one embedded in a structure of agency not reducible to human volition. The casting occurs ื‘ื—ื™ืง, “into the bosom/fold/lap,” a metaphor often signifying interiority or enfoldedness—rather than external display. The second clause, ื•ืžื™ื”ื•ื” ื›ืœ ืžืฉืคื˜ื•, affirms the divine source of all judgment: “from YHWH is every decision.”

Theological and Linguistic Implication...

Unlike a chronological model, in which lots determine a future outcome from an indeterminate present, this verse implies an immanent recursion. The “lot” (ื’ื•ืจืœ) is not a random future that emerges from chance but rather a revealing of a decision already present in the eternal structure of reality. The human act of casting becomes a ritual participation in divine disclosure. The Hophal form “ื™ื•ื˜ืœ” protects the aonic logic: the subject (human) does not cast, but is drawn into the process whereby what already is becomes known. Thus, the “judgment” (ืžืฉืคื˜), far from being an imposed result, is a folded consequence, already inscribed within the divine architecture of being.

This structure contrasts sharply with modern notions of decision-making rooted in temporality, probability, or linear consequence. The Aonic framework asserts that each act is not moving forward but inward—further into the participatory loop between the divine and the human. To cast a lot is to touch what already is.

(cf. What does Casting Lots really mean?)