Psalms Chapter 33 verse 17 Holy Bible
A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power.
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A horse is a false hope; his great power will not make any man free from danger.
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The horse is a vain thing for safety; neither doth he deliver by his great power.
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An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
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A horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
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A horse is a vain thing for safety, Neither does he deliver any by his great power.
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A false thing `is' the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth not deliver.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - A horse is a vain thing for safety; literally, the horse; i.e. the species, horse, is not to be depended on for safety - it is "a vain thing," quite unable to secure victory, or even escape, to those who trust in it. The use of the horse in war seems certainly to be implied here as familiar to the writer, whence it is rightly concluded that he must have lived later than the time of David. Solomon was the first Israelite king who enrolled a chariot and a cavalry force (1 Kings 10:26). Neither shall he deliver any by his great strength. (On the "great strength" of the horse, see Job 39:19; Psalm 147:10.)
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) Safety.--Better, victory. (Comp. Habakkuk 3:8.) The allusion is to the war-horse.
