Psalms 33:17
What does Psalms 33:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 33:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power.
KJV
King James Version · 1611An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949A horse is a false hope; his great power will not make any man free from danger.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A false thing <FI>is<Fi> the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth not deliver.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890The horse is a vain thing for safety; neither doth he deliver by his great power.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 147:10
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.
- Proverbs 21:31
The horse is prepared against the day of battle; But victory is of Jehovah.
- Ecclesiastes 9:11
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
- Psalms 20:7
Some trustin chariots, and some in horses; But we will make mention of the name of Jehovah our God.
- 2 Kings 7:6
For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
- Hosea 14:3
Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
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