Psalms 33:17

Psalms chapter 33 · verse 17 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power.

King James Version · 1611

An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

American Standard Version · 1901

A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power.

v.16There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

v.17This passage

v.18Behold, the eye of Jehovah is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his lovingkindness;

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.