Psalms 33:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

A horse is a false hope; his great power will not make any man free from danger.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 20:7 : 7 Some put their faith in carriages and some in horses; but we will be strong in the name of the Lord our God.
  • Prov 21:31 : 31 The horse is made ready for the day of war, but power to overcome is from the Lord.
  • Ps 147:10 : 10 He has no delight in the strength of a horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
  • Judg 4:15 : 15 And the Lord sent fear on Sisera and all his war-carriages and all his army before Barak; and Sisera got down from his war-carriage and went in flight on foot.
  • 2 Kgs 7:6-7 : 6 For the Lord had made the sound of carriages and horses, and the noise of a great army, come to the ears of the Aramaeans, so that they said to one another, Truly, the king of Israel has got the kings of the Hittites and of the Egyptians for a price to make an attack on us. 7 So they got up and went in flight, in the half light, without their tents or their horses or their asses or any of their goods; they went in flight, fearing for their lives.
  • Job 39:19-25 : 19 She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear. 20 For God has taken wisdom from her mind, and given her no measure of knowledge. 21 When she is shaking her wings on high, she makes sport of the horse and of him who is seated on him. 22 Do you give strength to the horse? is it by your hand that his neck is clothed with power? 23 Is it through you that he is shaking like a locust, in the pride of his loud-sounding breath? 24 He is stamping with joy in the valley; he makes sport of fear. 25 In his strength he goes out against the arms of war, turning not away from the sword.
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 And again I saw under the sun that the reward goes not to him who is quick, or the fruits of war to the strong; and there is no bread for the wise, or wealth for men of learning, or respect for those who have knowledge; but time and chance come to all.
  • Isa 30:16 : 16 Saying, No, for we will go in flight on horses; so you will certainly go in flight: and, We will go on the backs of quick-running beasts; so those who go after you will be quick-footed.
  • Hos 14:3 : 3 Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.

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    16A king's salvation is not in the power of his army; a strong man does not get free by his great strength.

  • Prov 21:30-31
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    30Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord.

    31The horse is made ready for the day of war, but power to overcome is from the Lord.

  • Amos 2:14-16
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    14And flight will be impossible for the quick-footed, and the force of the strong will become feeble, and the man of war will not get away safely:

    15And the bowman will not keep his place; he who is quick-footed will not get away safely: and the horseman will not keep his life.

    16And he who is without fear among the fighting men will go in flight without his clothing in that day, says the Lord.

  • Ps 147:10
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    10He has no delight in the strength of a horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

  • Isa 31:1
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    1Cursed are those who go down to Egypt for help, and who put their faith in horses; looking to war-carriages for salvation, because of their numbers; and to horsemen, because they are very strong; but they are not looking to the Holy One of Israel, or turning their hearts to the Lord;

  • Isa 31:3
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    3For the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit: and when the Lord's hand is stretched out, the helper and he who is helped will come down together.

  • Job 39:18-20
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    18Without a thought that they may be crushed by the foot, and broken by the beasts of the field?

    19She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.

    20For God has taken wisdom from her mind, and given her no measure of knowledge.

  • Ps 32:9
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    9Do not be like the horse or the ass, without sense; ...

  • Isa 30:16
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    16Saying, No, for we will go in flight on horses; so you will certainly go in flight: and, We will go on the backs of quick-running beasts; so those who go after you will be quick-footed.

  • Deut 17:16
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    16And he is not to get together a great army of horses for himself, or make the people go back to Egypt to get horses for him: because the Lord has said, You will never again go back that way.

  • Ps 20:7
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    7Some put their faith in carriages and some in horses; but we will be strong in the name of the Lord our God.

  • Nah 3:2-3
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    2The noise of the whip, and the noise of thundering wheels; horses rushing and war-carriages jumping,

    3Horsemen driving forward, and the shining sword and the bright spear: and a great number of wounded, and masses of dead bodies; they are falling over the bodies of the dead:

  • Ps 44:6
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    6I will not put faith in my bow, my sword will not be my salvation.

  • Ps 60:11
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    11Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in man.

  • Hos 14:3
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    3Take with you words, and come back to the Lord; say to him, Let there be forgiveness for all wrongdoing, so that we may take what is good, and give in payment the fruit of our lips.

  • Ps 146:3
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    3Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

  • Ps 108:12
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    12Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in man.

  • Ezek 26:10-11
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    10Because of the number of his horses you will be covered with their dust: your walls will be shaking at the noise of the horsemen and of the wheels and of the war-carriages, when he comes through your doorways, as into a town which has been broken open.

    11Your streets will be stamped down by the feet of his horses: he will put your people to the sword, and will send down the pillars of your strength to the earth.

  • Ps 33:18
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    18See, the eye of the Lord is on those in whose hearts is the fear of him, on those whose hope is in his mercy;

  • Judg 5:22
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    22Then loudly the feet of the horses were sounding with the stamping, the stamping of their war-horses.

  • Prov 30:31
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    31The war-horse, and the he-goat, and the king when his army is with him.

  • Jer 12:5
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    5If running with the fighting-men has made you tired, how will you be able to keep up with horses? and if in a land of peace you go in flight, what will become of you in the thick growth of Jordan?

  • Jer 47:3
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    3At the noise of the stamping of the feet of his war-horses, at the rushing of his carriages and the thunder of his wheels, fathers will give no thought to their children, because their hands are feeble;

  • Ps 76:6
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    6At the voice of your wrath, O God of Jacob, deep sleep has overcome carriage and horse.

  • Hab 3:15
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    15The feet of your horses were on the sea, on the mass of great waters.

  • Isa 43:17
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    17Who sends out the war-carriages and the horses, the army with all its force; they have come down, they will not get up again; like a feebly burning light they are put out.

  • Job 36:19
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    19...

  • 2 Kgs 18:24
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    24How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

  • Isa 36:9
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    9How then may you put to shame the least of my master's servants? and you have put your hope in Egypt for war-carriages and horsemen:

  • Job 11:12
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    12And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.

  • Isa 2:7
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    7And their land is full of silver and gold, and there is no end to their stores; their land is full of horses, and there is no end to their carriages.

  • Mic 5:10
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    10I will have the towns of your land cut off and all your strong places pulled down:

  • Job 41:9
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    9His sneezings give out flames, and his eyes are like the eyes of the dawn.

  • Hab 1:8
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    8And their horses are quicker than leopards and their horsemen more cruel than evening wolves; they come from far away, like an eagle in flight rushing on its food.

  • Jer 50:37
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    37A sword is on all the mixed people in her, and they will become like women: a sword is on her store-houses, and they will be taken by her attackers.

  • Jer 3:23
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    23Truly, the hills, and the noise of an army on the mountains, are a false hope: truly, in the Lord our God is the salvation of Israel.

  • Isa 30:7
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    7For there is no use or purpose in the help of Egypt: so I have said about her, She is Rahab, who has come to an end.

  • Jer 51:21
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    21With you the horse and the horseman will be broken; with you the war-carriage and he who goes in it will be broken;

  • Amos 6:13
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    13You whose joy is in a thing of no value, who say, Have we not taken for ourselves horns by the strength which is ours?

  • Isa 5:28
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    28Their arrows are sharp, and every bow is bent: the feet of their horses are like rock, and their wheels are like a rushing storm.

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    22Do you give strength to the horse? is it by your hand that his neck is clothed with power?