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


In Context

14 from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth-

15 he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do.

16 No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength.

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

18 But the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear him, on those whose hope is in his unfailing love,

19 to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.

Psalms 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 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.

The American 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.