Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Give us help against the adversary, for vain is the help of man.
New American Standard Bible
For
King James Version
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
Holman Bible
for human help is worthless.
International Standard Version
Help us in our distress, for human help is worthless.
American Standard Version
Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.
Amplified
Give us help against the enemy,
For the help of man is worthless (ineffectual, without purpose).
Bible in Basic English
Through God we will do great things, for through him our haters will be crushed under our feet.
Darby Translation
Give us help from trouble; for vain is man's deliverance.
Julia Smith Translation
Give to us help from straits, for 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] adversary, for the help of humankind [is] futile.
Modern King James verseion
Give us help against our foe; for vain is the help 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 adversary, for the help of man is vain.
The Emphasized Bible
Grant us help out of distress, For, vain, is the deliverance of man:
Webster
Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.
World English Bible
Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain.
Youngs Literal Translation
Give to us help from adversity, And vain is the deliverance of man.
Topics
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 60:11
Prayers for Psalm 60:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Prayer In Difficult Times
10 Have not thou, O God, cast us off? And thou go not forth, O God, with our armies. 11 Give us help against the adversary, for vain is the help of man. 12 Through God we shall do valiantly, for he it is who will tread down our adversaries.
Cross References
Psalm 146:3
Put not your trust in rulers, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Psalm 25:22
Redeem Israel, O God, out all of his troubles.
Psalm 62:1
My soul waits in silence for God only. From him [is] my salvation.
Psalm 108:12
Give us help against the adversary, for vain is the help of man.
Psalm 124:1-3
If it had not been LORD who was on our side, let Israel now say,
Psalm 130:8
And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Isaiah 30:7
For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose. Therefore I have called her Rahab who sits still.
Isaiah 31:3
Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit. And when LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they shall all be consumed together.