Psalms 33:17 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 33:17

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

A false thing is the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth not deliver.

DBT

The horse is a vain thing for safety; neither doth he deliver by his great power.

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Cross-references

12 verses on the floor

Proverbs 21:31
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord.
Psalms 20:7
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
Psalms 147:10
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
Isaiah 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 they all shall fail together.
Job 39:19–25
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

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Voices4

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Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

Neither the firmness and activity of his body nor the stoutness and resolution of his mind will stand him in any stead, any further than God is pleased to give him success. Let not the strong man then glory in his strength, but let us all strengthen ourselves in the Lord our God, go forth, and go on, in his strength. (4.) The strength of a horse is nothing without God (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

If he be killed under him, he may be his death, instead of saving his life. It is therefore our interest to make sure God's favour towards us, and then we may be sure of his power engaged for us, and need not fear whatever is against us. We are to give God the glory of his special grace.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

On the war horse (compare Job 39:19-25). a vain thing--a lie, which deceives us. Contrasted is God's guidance and power to save from the greatest earthly evil and its most painful precursor, and hence from all.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

An horse - Though he be strong and fit for battle, or for flight, if need requires. And so this is put for all warlike provisions. Vain things - Hebrew. a lie; because it promises that help and safety which it cannot give.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

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Words6

Word trails from this verse

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 33:17PSA 20:7 ISA 31:1
Reached by 4 independent paths from here.
PSA 33:17PSA 20:7 PRO 21:31
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 33:17PSA 20:7 JER 17:5
PSA 33:17PSA 20:7 PSA 33:16-17
PSA 33:17PRO 21:31 PSA 20:7
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 33:17PSA 20:7 2CH 32:8
PSA 33:17PRO 21:31 PSA 33:17-18
PSA 33:17PRO 21:31 PSA 147:10

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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