Psalms 33:16

Amplified Bible

The king is not saved by the great size of his army; A warrior is not rescued by his great strength.

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
The best-equipped army cannot save a king, nor is great strength enough to save a warrior.

English Revised Version
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

Update Bible Version
There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

New Century Version
No king is saved by his great army. No warrior escapes by his great strength.

New English Translation
No king is delivered by his vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great might.

Webster's Bible Translation
There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

World English Bible
There is no king saved by the multitude of a host. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

English Standard Version
The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A kyng is not sauyd bi myche vertu; and a giaunt schal not be sauyd in the mychilnesse of his vertu.

Berean Standard Bible
No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

Contemporary English Version
Mighty armies alone cannot win wars for a king; great strength by itself cannot keep a soldier safe.

American Standard Version
There is no king saved by the multitude of a host: A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

Bible in Basic English
A king's salvation is not in the power of his army; a strong man does not get free by his great strength.

Complete Jewish Bible
A king is not saved by the size of his army, a strong man not delivered by his great strength.

Darby Translation
The king is not saved by the multitude of [his] forces; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

Easy-to-Read Version
A king is not saved by the power of his army. A soldier does not survive by his own great strength.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
A king is not saved by the multitude of a host; a mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

King James Version (1611)
There is no king saued by the multitude of an hoste: a mightie man is not deliuered by much strength.

New Life Bible
No king is saved by the power of his strong army. A soldier is not saved by great strength.

New Revised Standard
A king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The King is not saued by the multitude of an hoste, neither is the mightie man deliuered by great strength.

George Lamsa Translation
The king is not saved by the multitude of a host; neither a mighty man delivers by much strength.

Good News Translation
A king does not win because of his powerful army; a soldier does not triumph because of his strength.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Not a king, can be saved by greatness of force, nor, hero, deliver himself by greatness of strength:

Douay-Rheims Bible
(32-16) The king is not saved by a great army: nor shall the giant be saved by his own great strength.

Revised Standard Version
A king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
A king is not saued by the multitude of an hoast: a man of great myght escapeth not by much strength.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
A king is not saved by reason of a great host; and a giant shall not be delivered by the greatness of his strength.

Christian Standard Bible®
A king is not saved by a large army;a warrior will not be rescued by great strength.

Hebrew Names Version
There is no king saved by the multitude of a host. A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

King James Version
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

Lexham English Bible
The king is not saved by the greatness of an army. The warrior is not delivered by the greatness of strength.

Literal Translation
The king is not saved by great force; a mighty man is not saved by great strength.

Young's Literal Translation
The king is not saved by the multitude of a force. A mighty man is not delivered, By abundance of power.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
A kynge is not helped by his owne greate hoost, nether is a giaunte saued thorow the might of his owne stregth.

THE MESSAGE
No king succeeds with a big army alone, no warrior wins by brute strength. Horsepower is not the answer; no one gets by on muscle alone.

New American Standard Bible
The king is not saved by a mighty army; A warrior is not rescued by great strength.

New King James Version
No king is saved by the multitude of an army; A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The king is not saved by a mighty army; A warrior is not delivered by great strength.

Legacy Standard Bible
The king is not saved by a mighty army;A warrior is not delivered by great strength.

Contextual Overview

¹²Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, and favored by God] is the nation whose God is the LORD, The people whom He has chosen as His own inheritance. ¹³The LORD looks [down] from heaven; He sees all the sons of man; ¹⁴From His dwelling place He looks closely Upon all the inhabitants of the earth— ¹⁵He who fashions the hearts of them all, Who considers and understands all that they do. ¹⁶The king is not saved by the great size of his army; A warrior is not rescued by his great strength.¹⁷A horse is a false hope for victory; Nor does it deliver anyone by its great strength. ¹⁸Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon those who fear Him [and worship Him with awe-inspired reverence and obedience], On those who hope [confidently] in His compassion and lovingkindness, ¹⁹To rescue their lives from death And keep them alive in famine. ²⁰We wait [expectantly] for the LORD; He is our help and our shield. ²¹For in Him our heart rejoices, Because we trust [lean on, rely on, and are confident] in His holy name.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

no king: Psalms 44:3, Psalms 44:6, Psalms 44:7, Exodus 14:17, Exodus 14:18, Exodus 14:28, Joshua 11:4-8, Judges 7:2, Judges 7:12-25, 1 Samuel 14:8-16, 1 Kings 20:10, 1 Kings 20:27-29, 2 Chronicles 14:9-13, 2 Chronicles 20:12, 2 Chronicles 20:23, 2 Chronicles 32:8, 2 Chronicles 32:9, 2 Chronicles 32:21

mighty: Joshua 14:12, 1 Samuel 17:4, 1 Samuel 17:45-49, 2 Samuel 21:16-22, Jeremiah 9:23

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 20:1 - horses Judges 1:10 - Sheshai Judges 7:4 - people Judges 20:21 - destroyed 1 Samuel 2:9 - by strength 1 Samuel 17:47 - saveth not 2 Samuel 8:4 - chariots 1 Kings 20:20 - the Syrians 1 Chronicles 18:4 - David 1 Chronicles 19:18 - fled before Israel 2 Chronicles 11:1 - an hundred 2 Chronicles 13:8 - a great multitude 2 Chronicles 25:8 - God hath power Job 36:19 - nor all Job 39:11 - trust Psalms 20:7 - Some trust Psalms 127:1 - The Lord Psalms 144:10 - that giveth Psalms 147:10 - delighteth Ecclesiastes 9:11 - that the race Isaiah 31:1 - stay on horses Isaiah 40:30 - General Jeremiah 46:6 - not Jeremiah 48:14 - We Daniel 11:11 - the multitude Hosea 1:7 - by bow Hosea 10:13 - in the Amos 2:15 - neither Micah 5:10 - that I Nahum 3:10 - she carried Zechariah 4:6 - might Zechariah 10:5 - and the riders on horses shall be confounded

Gill's Notes on the Bible

There is no king saved by the multitude of an host,.... He may be at the head of a numerous army, and yet not get the victory over a lesser one, nor escape safe, but be taken by it: there have been such instances; and if he is saved, or gets the victory, it is not owing to the multitude with him, but to the Lord, that gives salvation to kings,

Psalms 144:10. Hence it appears that even such men need salvation themselves, and cannot save themselves, though they have ever so many at command, and therefore are not to be trusted in; salvation is only of the Lord;

a mighty man is not delivered by much strength; as Goliath, with his great strength, could not deliver himself out of the hands of David, a stripling; wherefore the mighty man should not glory in his might.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There is no king saved by the multitude of an host - By the number of his armies. His safety, however numerous and mighty may be his forces, is in God alone. He is the great Protector, whatever means men may use to defend themselves. The most numerous and the best organized armies cannot secure a victory. It is, after all, wholly in the hands of God. A wasting sickness in a camp may defeat all the plans of war; or success in battle may depend on contingencies which no commander could anticipate or provide against. A mutiny in a camp, or a panic on the battlefield, may disconcert the best-laid schemes; or forces may come against an army that were unexpected; or storm and tempest may disarrange and frustrate the entire plan of the campaign. See Ecclesiastes 9:11.

A mighty man - A strong man; a giant - as Goliath of Gath. “Strength” is not the only thing necessary to secure a victory.

Is not delivered by much strength - By the mere fact that he is strong. Other things are needed to ensure success; and God has power so to arrange events that mere strength shall be of no avail.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 33:16. There is no king saved by the multitude of a host — Even in the midst of the most powerful and numerous army, no king is in safety unless he have God's protection. A king is but a man, and may as easily lose his life as one of his common soldiers.

A mighty man is not delivered by much strength. — There are times in which his might can be of no avail to him: and unless the mighty, the wise, the honorable, &c., have the protection of God, there is no time in which their might may not be turned into weakness, their wisdom into folly, and their dignity into disgrace.