Psalms 33:16
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
KJV
Oculi Domini super justos, et aures ejus in preces eorum.
Vulgate
ὅτι ὀφθαλμοὶ Κυρίου ἐπὶ δικαίους, καὶ ὦτα αὐτοῦ εἰς δέησιν αὐτῶν·
LXX
There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
ASV
אֵֽין הַ֭/מֶּלֶךְ נוֹשָׁ֣ע בְּ/רָב חָ֑יִל גִּ֝בּ֗וֹר לֹֽא יִנָּצֵ֥ל בְּ/רָב כֹּֽחַ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
גִּבּ֥וֹר
gbvr
adjective · 157×
וֹ
v
noun · 232×
וֹ
v
noun · 127×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מֶֽלֶךְ
mlk
noun · 2518×
נִי
ny
verb · 204×
נִי
ny
verb · 211×
רֹ֣ב
rb
noun · 149×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Is God a body? Is He composed of matter and form? Is there composition of quiddity, essence or nature, and subject in Him? Is He composed of essence and existence? Is He composed of genus and difference? Is He composed of subject and accident? Is He in any way composite, or wholly simple? Does He enter into composition with other things? Article 1. Whether God is a body? Object…
Cross-references
- 1Sam 2:9 — He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.
- 1Sam 14:8 — Then said Jonathan, Behold, we will pass over unto these men, and we will discover ourselves unto them.
- 1Sam 17:45 — Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou
- 1Sam 17:47 — And all this assembly shall know that the LORD saveth not with sword and spear: for the battle is the LORD’s, and he will give you into our hands.
- 2Chr 20:23 — For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destr
- 2Chr 32:8 — With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
- 2Sam 21:16 — And Ishbibenob, which was of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear weighed three hundred shekels of brass in weight, he being girded with a new sword, thought to have slain David.
- Amos 2:14 — Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
- Amos 2:15 — Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
- Deut 20:1 — When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of
- Eccl 9:11 — I 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 favour to men of skil
- Exod 14:28 — And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
- Hos 10:13 — Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.
- Isa 31:1 — Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Isra
- Isa 40:30 — Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
- Jer 9:23 — Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
- Jer 9:23 — Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
- Jer 48:14 — How say ye, We are mighty and strong men for the war?
- Judg 7:2 — And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people that are with thee are too many for me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt themselves against me, saying, Mine own hand hath saved me.
- Judg 7:4 — And the LORD said unto Gideon, The people are yet too many; bring them down unto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and it shall be, that of whom I say unto thee, This shall go with thee,
- Judg 7:12 — And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for mu
- Mic 5:10 — And it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD, that I will cut off thy horses out of the midst of thee, and I will destroy thy chariots:
- Ps 20:7 — Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
- Ps 44:3 — For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto t
- Ps 44:6 — For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
- Ps 44:6 — For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
- Ps 127:1 — Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
- Ps 144:10 — It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword.
- Ps 147:10 — He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
- Zech 4:6 — Then he answered and spake unto me, saying, This is the word of the LORD unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts.
- Zech 10:5 — And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confoun