Psalms 33:17

World English Bible (2000)

A horse is a vain thing for safety, neither does he deliver any by his great power.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 20:7 : 7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust the name of Yahweh our God.
  • Prov 21:31 : 31 The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with Yahweh.
  • Ps 147:10 : 10 He doesn't delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
  • Judg 4:15 : 15 Yahweh confused Sisera, and all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak; and Sisera alighted from his chariot, and fled away on his feet.
  • 2 Kgs 7:6-7 : 6 For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great army: and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come on us. 7 Therefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their donkeys, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.
  • Job 39:19-25 : 19 "Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane? 20 Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome. 21 He paws in the valley, and rejoices in his strength. He goes out to meet the armed men. 22 He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword. 23 The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin. 24 He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet. 25 As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, 'Aha!' He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.
  • Isa 30:16 : 16 but you said, "No, for we will flee on horses;" therefore you will flee; and, "We will ride on the swift;" therefore those who pursue you will be swift.
  • Hos 14:3 : 3 Assyria can't save us. We won't ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, 'Our gods!' for in you the fatherless finds mercy."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 33:16
    85%

    16There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

  • Prov 21:30-31
    2 verses
    84%

    30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against Yahweh.

    31The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with Yahweh.

  • Amos 2:14-16
    3 verses
    80%

    14Flight will perish from the swift; and the strong won't strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

    15neither shall he stand who handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot won't escape; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver himself;

    16and he who is courageous among the mighty will flee away naked on that day," says Yahweh.

  • Ps 147:10
    77%

    10He doesn't delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

  • Isa 31:1
    74%

    1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don't look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don't seek Yahweh!

  • Isa 31:3
    73%

    3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When Yahweh stretches out his hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall, and they all shall be consumed together.

  • Job 39:18-20
    3 verses
    73%

    18When she lifts up herself on high, she scorns the horse and his rider.

    19"Have you given the horse might? Have you clothed his neck with a quivering mane?

    20Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.

  • Ps 32:9
    73%

    9Don't be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.

  • Isa 30:16
    73%

    16but you said, "No, for we will flee on horses;" therefore you will flee; and, "We will ride on the swift;" therefore those who pursue you will be swift.

  • Deut 17:16
    73%

    16Only he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he may multiply horses; because Yahweh has said to you, "You shall not go back that way again."

  • Ps 20:7
    72%

    7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust the name of Yahweh our God.

  • Nah 3:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2The noise of the whip, the noise of the rattling of wheels, prancing horses, and bounding chariots,

    3the horseman mounting, and the flashing sword, the glittering spear, and a multitude of slain, and a great heap of corpses, and there is no end of the bodies. They stumble on their bodies,

  • Ps 44:6
    71%

    6For I will not trust in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.

  • Ps 60:11
    70%

    11Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain.

  • Hos 14:3
    70%

    3Assyria can't save us. We won't ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, 'Our gods!' for in you the fatherless finds mercy."

  • Ps 146:3
    70%

    3Don't put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.

  • Ps 108:12
    69%

    12Give us help against the enemy, for the help of man is vain.

  • Ezek 26:10-11
    2 verses
    69%

    10By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover you: your walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wagons, and of the chariots, when he shall enter into your gates, as men enter into a city in which is made a breach.

    11With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all your streets; he shall kill your people with the sword; and the pillars of your strength shall go down to the ground.

  • Ps 33:18
    69%

    18Behold, Yahweh's eye is on those who fear him, on those who hope in his loving kindness;

  • Judg 5:22
    69%

    22Then the horse hoofs stamped because of the prancings, the prancings of their strong ones.

  • Prov 30:31
    69%

    31the greyhound, the male goat also; and the king against whom there is no rising up.

  • Jer 12:5
    69%

    5If you have run with the footmen, and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? and though in a land of peace you are secure, yet how will you do in the pride of the Jordan?

  • Jer 47:3
    69%

    3At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong ones, at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers don't look back to their children for feebleness of hands;

  • Ps 76:6
    68%

    6At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.

  • Hab 3:15
    68%

    15You trampled the sea with your horses, churning mighty waters.

  • Isa 43:17
    68%

    17who brings forth the chariot and horse, the army and the mighty man (they lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinct, they are quenched like a wick):

  • Job 36:19
    68%

    19Would your wealth sustain you in distress, or all the might of your strength?

  • 2 Kgs 18:24
    68%

    24How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

  • Isa 36:9
    68%

    9How then can you turn away the face of one captain of the least of my master's servants, and put your trust on Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?

  • Job 11:12
    68%

    12An empty-headed man becomes wise when a man is born as a wild donkey's colt.

  • Isa 2:7
    68%

    7Their land is full of silver and gold, neither is there any end of their treasures. Their land also is full of horses, neither is there any end of their chariots.

  • Mic 5:10
    68%

    10"It will happen in that day," says Yahweh, "That I will cut off your horses out of the midst of you, and will destroy your chariots.

  • Job 41:9
    68%

    9Behold, the hope of him is in vain. Won't one be cast down even at the sight of him?

  • Hab 1:8
    68%

    8Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour.

  • Jer 50:37
    67%

    37A sword is on their horses, and on their chariots, and on all the mixed people who are in the midst of her; and they shall become as women: a sword is on her treasures, and they shall be robbed.

  • Jer 3:23
    67%

    23Truly in vain is [the help that is looked for] from the hills, the tumult on the mountains. Truly the salvation of Israel is in Yahweh our God.

  • Isa 30:7
    67%

    7For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I called her Rahab who sits still.

  • Job 41:26
    67%

    26If one attacks him with the sword, it can't prevail; nor the spear, the dart, nor the pointed shaft.

  • Jer 51:21
    67%

    21and with you will I break in pieces the horse and his rider;

  • Amos 6:13
    67%

    13you who rejoice in a thing of nothing, who say, 'Haven't we taken for ourselves horns by our own strength?'

  • Isa 5:28
    67%

    28whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent. Their horses' hoofs will be like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind.

  • Job 39:22
    67%

    22He mocks at fear, and is not dismayed, neither does he turn back from the sword.