Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

O be thou our help in trouble, for vain is the help of man.

New American Standard Bible

O give us help against the adversary,
For deliverance by man is in vain.

King James Version

Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

Holman Bible

Give us aid against the foe,
for human help is worthless.

International Standard Version

Help us in our distress, for human help is worthless.

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 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.

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.

References

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Prayer In Difficult Times

10 Shall not thou do it, O God, thou that hast cast us out? Wilt not thou, O God, go out with our hosts? 11 O be thou our help in trouble, for vain is the help of man. 12 Through God will we do great acts, for it is he that shall tread down our enemies.


Cross References

Psalm 146:3

O put not your trust in princes, nor in any child of man, for there is no help in them.

Psalm 25:22

Deliver Israel, O God, out of all his trouble.

Psalm 62:1

{To the Chanter, for by Jeduthun, a Psalm of David} My soul truly waiteth still upon God; for of him cometh my salvation.

Psalm 108:12

O be thou our help in trouble; for vain is the help of man.

Psalm 124:1-3

{A song of the stairs} If the LORD himself had not been on our side - now may Israel say -

Psalm 130:8

And he shall redeem Israel from all his sins.

Isaiah 30:7

For the Egyptian's help shall be but vain and lost. Therefore I told you also that your pride should have an end.

Isaiah 31:3

Now the Egyptians are men, and not God, and their horses flesh, and not spirit. And as soon as the LORD stretcheth out his hand: then shall the helper fall, and he that should have been helped, and they shall all together be destroyed.

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