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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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 his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great 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 trust in the name of the LORD our God.
Proverbs 21:31
The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the LORD.
Psalm 147:10
His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,
Judges 4:15
And the LORD routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army before Barak by the edge of the sword. And Sisera got down from his chariot and fled away on foot.
2 Kings 7:6-7
For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians hear the sound of chariots and of horses, the sound of a great army, so that they said to one another, "Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Egypt to come against us."
Job 39:19-25
"Do you give the horse his might? Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
Ecclesiastes 9:11
Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.
Isaiah 30:16
and you said, "No! We will flee upon horses"; therefore you shall flee away; and, "We will ride upon swift steeds"; therefore your pursuers shall be swift.
Hosea 14:3
Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride on horses; and we will say no more, 'Our God,' to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy."