Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
for human help is worthless.
New American Standard Bible
For
King James Version
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
International Standard Version
Give us help against the enemy, because human help is useless.
A Conservative Version
Give us help against the adversary, for vain is the help of man.
American Standard Version
Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.
Amplified
Give us help against the adversary,
For deliverance by man is in vain [a worthless hope].
Darby Translation
Give us help from trouble; for vain is man's deliverance.
Julia Smith Translation
Give to us help from straits: and vain the salvation of man.
King James 2000
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Give us help against [the] enemy, for the help of humankind [is] futile.
Modern King James verseion
Give us help from trouble; for vain is the deliverance of man.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
O be thou our help in trouble; for vain is the help of man.
NET Bible
Give us help against the enemy, for any help men might offer is futile.
New Heart English Bible
Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain.
Webster
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
World English Bible
Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain.
Youngs Literal Translation
Give to us help from adversity, And vain is the salvation of man.
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References
Watsons
Word Count of 18 Translations in Psalm 108:12
Prayers for Psalm 108:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Victory
11
God, You do not march out with our armies.
for human help is worthless.
He will trample our foes.
Cross References
Job 9:13
Rahab’s
Job 16:2
You are all miserable comforters.
Psalm 20:1-9
For the choir director. A Davidic psalm.
may the name of Jacob’s God protect you.
Psalm 146:3-5
in man, who cannot save.
Isaiah 2:22
who has only the breath in his nostrils.
What is he really worth?
Isaiah 30:3-5
and refuge in Egypt’s shadow your disgrace.
Isaiah 31:3
their horses are flesh, not spirit.
When the Lord raises His hand to strike,
the helper will stumble
and the one who is helped will fall;
both will perish together.
Jeremiah 17:5-8
This is what the Lord says:
who makes human flesh his strength
and turns his heart from the Lord is cursed.
Lamentations 4:17
ע Ayin
as we looked in vain for assistance;
we watched from our towers
for a nation