Parallel Verses

Webster

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

New American Standard Bible

A horse is a false hope for victory;
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

The horse is a false hope for safety;
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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
An horse
סס סוּס 
Cuwc 
Usage: 140

is a vain thing
שׁקר 
Sheqer 
Usage: 113

תּשׁעה תּשׁוּעה 
T@shuw`ah 
Usage: 34

מלט 
Malat 
Usage: 95

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Praise To Yahweh For His Character And Creation

16 There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 17 A horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. 18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;

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 safety is from the LORD.

Psalm 147:10

He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

Judges 4:15

And the LORD discomfited Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sisera alighted from his chariot, and fled away on his feet.

2 Kings 7:6-7

For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great army: 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.

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 understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth 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 swift.

Hosea 14:3

Ashur 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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