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Psalms 33:17

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

KJV

Vultus autem Domini super facientes mala, ut perdat de terra memoriam eorum.

Vulgate

πρόσωπον δὲ Κυρίου ἐπὶ ποιοῦντας κακά, τοῦ ἐξολεθρεῦσαι ἐκ γῆς τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτῶν.

LXX

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

ASV

שֶׁ֣קֶר הַ֭/סּוּס לִ/תְשׁוּעָ֑ה וּ/בְ/רֹ֥ב חֵ֝יל֗/וֹ לֹ֣א יְמַלֵּֽט

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ה
h
verb · 95×
וֹ
v
noun · 232×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
סוּסִ֖ים
svsym
noun · 141×
רֹ֣ב
rb
noun · 149×
שָֽׁקֶר
shqr
noun · 110×
תְּשׁוּעָ֥ה
tshv'h
noun · 32×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Hos 14:3 — Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
  • Hos 14:3 — Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
  • Isa 30:16 — But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
  • Isa 30:16 — But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
  • Isa 31:3 — Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and th
  • Job 39:19 — Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
  • Prov 21:31 — The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
  • Prov 21:31 — The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
  • Ps 20:7 — Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
  • Ps 147:10 — He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.