Psalms 146:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַל־תִּבְטְח֥וּ בִנְדִיבִ֑ים בְּבֶן־אָדָ֓ם ׀ שֶׁ֤אֵֽין ל֥וֹ תְשׁוּעָֽה׃

Transliteration

ʾal-tibṭeḥu bi-nedibim be-ben-ʾadam she-ʾeyn lo teshuʿah

Grammar Details

*ʾal*: negative particle with jussive - do not
*tibṭeḥu*: qal imperfect, 2nd person plural, jussive - trust
*bi-nedibim*: preposition + noun, masculine, plural - in nobles/princes
*be-ben*: preposition + noun, masculine, singular construct - in son of
*ʾadam*: noun, masculine, singular - man/mankind/Adam
*she-ʾeyn*: relative pronoun + particle of negation - who has no
*lo*: preposition + 3rd person masculine singular suffix - to him
*teshuʿah*: noun, feminine, singular - salvation/deliverance/help

Word Meanings

*nedibim*: nobles/princes/generous ones
*ben-ʾadam*: son of man/mortal/human being
*teshuʿah*: salvation/deliverance/help/rescue

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 118:8-9 : 8 It is better to take refuge in Jehovah Than to put confidence in man. 9 It is better to take refuge in Jehovah Than to put confidence in princes.
Isa 2:22 : 22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils; for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Ps 60:11 : 11 Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.
Ps 62:9 : 9 Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: In the balances they will go up; They are together lighter than vanity.
Ps 108:12 : 12 Give us help against the adversary; For vain is the help of man.
Isa 37:6 : 6 And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith Jehovah, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.
Jer 17:5-6 : 5 Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah. 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh, but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, a salt land and not inhabited.
Isa 31:3 : 3 Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit: and when Jehovah shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall stumble, and he that is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.

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