Psalms 33:16
14 From His dwelling place He gazes on all who inhabit the earth.
15 He shapes the hearts of each; He considers all their works.
No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
17 A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.
18 Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
- KJV
- There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
- WEB
- There is no king saved by the multitude of an army. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
- ASV
- There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.
- DARBY
- The king is not saved by the multitude of [his] forces; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
- BLB
- No king is saved by the abundance of [his] strength; a mighty man is not delivered by the abundance of [his] power.
- ÅB
- En konge berges ikke ved sin store hær,
en helt reddes ikke ved sin store kraft. - OTB
- En konge blir ikke frelst ved en stor hær;
En kriger blir ikke reddet ved stor styrke. - B1930
- En konge frelses ikke ved sin store makt, en helt reddes ikke ved sin store kraft.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 44:3
For it was not by their sword that they took the land; their arm did not bring them victory. It was by Your right hand, Your arm, and the light of Your face, because You favored them.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:23
This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
Read in contextPsalms 44:6–7
For I do not trust in my bow, nor does my sword save me.
Read in contextJudges 7:2
Then the LORD said to Gideon, “You have too many people for Me to deliver Midian into their hands, lest Israel glorify themselves over Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved me.’
Read in contextExodus 14:28
The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
Read in context2 Chronicles 32:8–9
With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
Read in context2 Samuel 21:16–22
Then Ishbi-benob, a descendant of Rapha, whose bronze spear weighed three hundred shekels and who was bearing a new sword, resolved to kill David.
Read in context1 Samuel 17:45–49
But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
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