Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.
King James Version
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
Holman Bible
it provides no escape by its great power.
International Standard Version
It is vain to trust in a horse for deliverance, even with its great strength, it cannot deliver.
A Conservative Version
A horse is a vain thing for safety, nor does he deliver any by his great power.
American Standard Version
A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power.
Amplified
A horse is a false hope for victory;
Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.
Bible in Basic English
A horse is a false hope; his great power will not make any man free from danger.
Darby Translation
The horse is a vain thing for safety; neither doth he deliver by his great power.
Julia Smith Translation
The horse was false to salvation, and he shall not deliver by the multitude of his strength.
King James 2000
A horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The horse [is] a false hope for victory, nor can it save by the greatness of its power.
Modern King James verseion
A horse is a vain thing for safety; neither shall he deliver by his great strength.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A horse is counted but a vain thing to save a man; neither shall he deliver any man by his great strength.
NET Bible
A horse disappoints those who trust in it for victory; despite its great strength, it cannot deliver.
New Heart English Bible
A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by his great power.
The Emphasized Bible
A deception, is the horse, for victory, and, by his great strength, shall he not deliver.
Webster
A horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
World English Bible
A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by his great power.
Youngs Literal Translation
A false thing is the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth not deliver.
Themes
false Confidence » In outward resources
Horse » Description of » A vain thing for safety
Horses » Described as » Strong
Topics
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Malat
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 33:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Praise To Yahweh For His Character And Creation
16
The king is not saved by the multitude of the army; the mighty man does not escape by much strength.
17
Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 20:7
Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Proverbs 21:31
The horse is prepared against the day of battle, but salvation is of the LORD.
Psalm 147:10
He does not delight in the strength of the horse; nor does he take pleasure in the legs of a man.
Judges 4:15
And the LORD broke Sisera and all his chariots and all his host with the edge of the sword before Barak so that Sisera lighted down off his chariot and fled away on foot.
2 Kings 7:6-7
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, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
Job 39:19-25
Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
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 prudence, nor yet grace to men of eloquence; but time and chance happens to them all.
Isaiah 30:16
But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be even more swift.
Hosea 14:3
Asshur 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 finds mercy.