Psalms 33:17

WEB

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

KJV

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

BSB

¹⁷A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.

FBV

¹⁷Don't deceive yourself: a warhorse can't give you victory—even its incredible strength won't save you.

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Extra References

Proverbs 21:31

³¹The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with the LORD.

Psalms 20:7

⁷Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

Psalms 147:10

¹⁰He doesn’t delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

¹⁹“Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane? ²⁰Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome. ²¹He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men. ²²He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword. ²³The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin. ²⁴He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet. ²⁵As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

Hosea 14:3

³Assyria can’t save us. We won’t ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’ for in you the fatherless finds mercy.”

Isaiah 30:16

¹⁶but you said, “No, for we will flee on horses;” therefore you will flee; and, “We will ride on the swift;” therefore those who pursue you will be swift.

Judges 4:15

¹⁵The LORD confused Sisera, all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled away on his feet.

2 Kings 7:6-7

⁶For the Lord^[+] had made the army of the Syrians to hear the sound of chariots and the sound of horses, even the noise of a great army; and they said to one another, “Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us.” ⁷Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

¹¹I 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 happen to them all.