16 However, he must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire many horses, for the Lord has told you, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’(A)

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16 The king, moreover, must not acquire great numbers of horses(A) for himself(B) or make the people return to Egypt(C) to get more of them,(D) for the Lord has told you, “You are not to go back that way again.”(E)

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16 But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

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Some take pride in chariots, and others in horses,
but we take pride in the name of the Lord our God.(A)

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Some trust in chariots(A) and some in horses,(B)
    but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.(C)

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

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17 The horse is a false hope for safety;
it provides no escape by its great power.(A)

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17 A horse(A) is a vain hope for deliverance;
    despite all its great strength it cannot save.

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

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Their[a][b] land is full of silver and gold,
and there is no limit to their treasures;
their land is full of horses,
and there is no limit to their chariots.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 2:7 Lit Its
  2. 2:7 = the house of Jacob

Their land is full of silver and gold;(A)
    there is no end to their treasures.(B)
Their land is full of horses;(C)
    there is no end to their chariots.(D)

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Their land also is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures; their land is also full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots:

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16 You say, “No!
We will escape on horses”—
therefore you will escape!—
and, “We will ride on fast horses”—
but those who pursue you will be faster.(A)

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16 You said, ‘No, we will flee(A) on horses.’(B)
    Therefore you will flee!
You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’
    Therefore your pursuers will be swift!

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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.

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How then can you drive back a single officer among the least of my master’s servants? How can you rely on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?(A)

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How then can you repulse one officer of the least of my master’s officials, even though you are depending on Egypt(A) for chariots(B) and horsemen[a]?(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 36:9 Or charioteers

How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

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