17An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.


In Context

14 From the place of his habitation he looks on all the inhabitants of the earth.

15 He fashions their hearts alike; he considers all their works.

16 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

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

18 Behold, the eye of the LORD is on them that fear him, on them that hope in his mercy;

19 To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

Psalm 33:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

33:17An horse [is] a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver [any] by his great strength.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

33:17A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

33:17Vain is the horse for safety: neither shall he be saved by the abundance of his strength.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

33:17A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:17The horse is a vain thing for safety; neither doth he deliver by his great power.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

33:17An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great power.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:17A horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

33:17A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by his great power.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

33:17A false thing is the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth not deliver.