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Psalm 33:17

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33:17A horse disappoints those who trust in it for victory;24

despite its great strength, it cannot deliver.

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  1. 24 Heb “a lie [is] the horse for victory.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The war horse is a false hope for salvation,

and by its great might it cannot rescue.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A horse is a vain hope for deliverance;

despite all its great strength it cannot save.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The horse is a false hope for safety;

it provides no escape by its great power.

NLTNew Living Translation

Don’t count on your warhorse to give you victory—

for all its strength, it cannot save you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The horse is a false hope for victory,

nor can it save by the greatness of its power.

KJV 1900King James Version

An horse is a vain thing for safety:

Neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.