Psalm 33:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ The war horse is a vain hope for victory, and by its great might it cannot save.

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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.

Psalm 33:17 Cross References

Proverbs 21:31

The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the Lord.

Psalm 20:7

Some take pride in chariots and some in horses, but our pride is in the name of the Lord our God.

Psalm 147:10

His delight is not in the strength of the horse nor his pleasure in the speed of a runner,

Hosea 14:3

Assyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses; we will say no more, ‘Our God,’ to the work of our hands. In you the orphan finds mercy.”

Isaiah 30:16

and said, “No! We will flee upon horses”— therefore you shall flee! and, “We will ride upon swift steeds”— therefore your pursuers shall be swift!

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful, but time and chance happen to them all.

Judges 4:15

And the Lord threw Sisera and all his chariots and all his army into a panic before Barak; Sisera got down from his chariot and fled away on foot,

Deuteronomy 20:1

“When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots, an army larger than your own, do not fear them, for the Lord your God is with you, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.

Psalm 20:8

They will collapse and fall, but we shall rise and stand upright.

Isaiah 31:1

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and who rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the Lord!