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Psalm 33:17
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KJ21
A horse is a vain thing for safety; neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
ASV
A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power.
AMP
A horse is a false hope for victory; Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.
AMPC
A horse is devoid of value for victory; neither does he deliver any by his great power.
BRG
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
CSB
The horse is a false hope for safety; it provides no escape by its great power.
CSBA
The horse is a false hope for safety; it provides no escape by its great power.
CEB
A warhorse is a bad bet for victory; it can’t save despite its great strength.
CJB
To rely on a horse for safety is vain, nor does its great power assure escape.
CEV
In war the strength of a horse cannot be trusted to take you to safety.
DARBY
The horse is a vain thing for safety; neither doth he deliver by his great power.
DRA
But the countenance of the Lord is against them that do evil things: to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
ERV
Horses don’t really bring victory in war. Their strength cannot help you escape.
EASY
In war, do not hope that even a strong horse will help you to win. You can not trust it to save you.
EHV
You cannot rely on a horse to save you. Its great strength will not deliver you.
ESV
The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue.
ESVUK
The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue.
EXB
Horses ·can’t bring [are a vain hope for] victory; they can’t save by their strength.
GNV
A horse is a vain help, and shall not deliver any by his great strength.
GW
Horses are not a guarantee for victory. Their great strength cannot help someone escape.
GNT
War horses are useless for victory; their great strength cannot save.
HCSB
The horse is a false hope for safety; it provides no escape by its great power.
ICB
Horses can’t bring victory. They can’t save by their strength.
ISV
It is vain to trust in a horse for deliverance, even with its great strength, it cannot deliver.
JUB
A horse is a vain thing for salvation; neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
KJV
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
AKJV
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
LSB
A horse is a false hope for salvation; Nor does it provide escape to anyone by its great strength.
LEB
The horse is a false hope for victory, nor can it save by the greatness of its power.
TLB
The best-equipped army cannot save a king—for great strength is not enough to save anyone. A war horse is a poor risk for winning victories—it is strong, but it cannot save.
MSG
No king succeeds with a big army alone, no warrior wins by brute strength. Horsepower is not the answer; no one gets by on muscle alone.
MEV
A horse is a vain hope for safety; it will not deliver by its great strength.
NOG
Horses are not a guarantee for victory. Their great strength cannot help someone escape.
NABRE
Useless is the horse for safety; despite its great strength, it cannot be saved.
NASB
A horse is a false hope for victory; Nor does it rescue anyone by its great strength.
NASB1995
A horse is a false hope for victory; Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.
NCB
A horse offers false hope for victory; despite its power it cannot save.
NCV
Horses can’t bring victory; they can’t save by their strength.
NET
A horse disappoints those who trust in it for victory; despite its great strength, it cannot deliver.
NIRV
People can’t trust a horse to save them either. Though it is very strong, it can’t save them.
NIV
A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save.
NIVUK
A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save.
NKJV
A horse is a vain hope for safety; Neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.
NLV
A horse cannot be trusted to win a battle. Its great strength cannot save anyone.
NLT
Don’t count on your warhorse to give you victory— for all its strength, it cannot save you.
NRSVA
The war horse is a vain hope for victory, and by its great might it cannot save.
NRSVACE
The war horse is a vain hope for victory, and by its great might it cannot save.
NRSVCE
The war horse is a vain hope for victory, and by its great might it cannot save.
NRSVUE
The war horse is a vain hope for victory, and by its great might it cannot save.
OJB
A sus is a sheker (vain, false thing) for teshu’ah (deliverance, salvation, safety); neither shall it save any by its great strength.
RGT
A horse is a vain help and shall not deliver by his great strength.
RSV
The war horse is a vain hope for victory, and by its great might it cannot save.
RSVCE
The war horse is a vain hope for victory, and by its great might it cannot save.
TLV
A horse is a false hope for victory, nor can its great strength save.
VOICE
A horse is not the way to victory; its great strength cannot rescue.
WEB
A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by his great power.
WYC
An horse is false to health; forsooth he shall not be saved in the abundance, either plenty, of his virtue. (A horse is an empty thing for salvation, or deliverance; for it shall not be able to save anyone by the abundance, or the plentifulness, of its strength.)
YLT
A false thing [is] the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth not deliver.
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