Psalm 33:17 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ A horse is devoid of value for victory; neither does he deliver any by his great power.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁷ A warhorse is a bad bet for victory; it can’t save despite its great strength.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ But the countenance of the Lord is upon those who do evil, to perish the remembrance of them from the earth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

Psalm 33:17 Cross References

Psalm 147:10

He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

Psalm 20:7

Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.

Psalm 20:8

They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright.

Proverbs 21:31

The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord.

Ecclesiastes 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 favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

Isaiah 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.

Isaiah 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 Israel, neither seek the Lord!

Hosea 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.

Deuteronomy 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 the land of Egypt.

Judges 4:15

And the Lord discomfited Sis´era, and all his chariots, and all his host, with the edge of the sword before Barak; so that Sis´era lighted down off his chariot, and fled away on his feet.