Psalm 33:17
Strong's Lexicon
A horse
הַ֭סּוּס (has·sūs)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5483: 1) swallow, swift 2) horse 2a) chariot horses

is a vain hope
שֶׁ֣קֶר (še·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8267: 1) lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood 1a) deception (what deceives or disappoints or betrays one) 1b) deceit, fraud, wrong 1b1) fraudulently, wrongfully (as adverb) 1c) falsehood (injurious in testimony) 1c1) testify falsehood, false oath, swear falsely 1d) falsity (of false or self-deceived prophets) 1e) lie, falsehood (in general) 1e1) false tongue 1f) in vain

for salvation;
לִתְשׁוּעָ֑ה (liṯ·šū·‘āh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8668: 1) salvation, deliverance 1a) deliverance (usually by God through human agency) 1b) salvation (spiritual in sense)

even its great
וּבְרֹ֥ב (ū·ḇə·rōḇ)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7230: 1) multitude, abundance, greatness 1a) multitude 1a1) abundance, abundantly 1a2) numerous 1b) greatness

strength
חֵ֝יל֗וֹ (ḥê·lōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2428: 1) strength, might, efficiency, wealth, army 1a) strength 1b) ability, efficiency 1c) wealth 1d) force, army

cannot
לֹ֣א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

save.
יְמַלֵּֽט׃ (yə·mal·lêṭ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4422: 1) to slip away, escape, deliver, save, be delivered 1a)(Niphal) 1a1) to slip away 1a2) to escape 1a3) to be delivered 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to lay, let slip out (of eggs) 1b2) to let escape 1b3) to deliver, save (life) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to give birth to 1c2) to deliver 1d) (Hithpael) 1d1) to slip forth, slip out, escape 1d2) to escape

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.

Young's Literal Translation
A false thing [is] the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth not deliver.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The horse is a false hope for safety; it provides no escape by its great power.

New American Standard Bible
A horse is a false hope for victory; Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.

King James Bible
An horse [is] a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver [any] by his great strength.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
A horse is a vain hope for deliverance; despite all its great strength it cannot save.

New Living Translation
Don't count on your warhorse to give you victory--for all its strength, it cannot save you.

English Standard Version
The war horse is a false hope for salvation, and by its great might it cannot rescue.

New American Standard Bible
A horse is a false hope for victory; Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength.

King James Bible
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The horse is a false hope for safety; it provides no escape by its great power.

International Standard Version
It is vain to trust in a horse for deliverance, even with its great strength, it cannot deliver.

NET Bible
A horse disappoints those who trust in it for victory; despite its great strength, it cannot deliver.

American Standard Version
A horse is a vain thing for safety; Neither doth he deliver any by his great power.

English Revised Version
An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great power.

Young's Literal Translation
A false thing is the horse for safety, And by the abundance of his strength He doth not deliver.
















Cross References
1 Samuel 2:9
He will keep the feet of his saints, and the wicked shall be silent in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

Psalm 20:7
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

Psalm 147:10
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

Proverbs 21:31
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.

Isaiah 31:1
Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!

Hosea 14:3
Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.

Psalm 1:1
Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.

Psalm 33:16
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

Psalm 33:15
He fashioneth their hearts alike; he considereth all their works.

Psalm 33:14
From the place of his habitation he looketh upon all the inhabitants of the earth.

Psalm 33:18
Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy;
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