Mazmur 33:16

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Seorang raja tidak akan selamat oleh besarnya kuasa; seorang pahlawan tidak akan tertolong oleh besarnya kekuatan.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Seorang raja tidak akan selamat oleh besarnya kuasa; seorang pahlawan tidak akan tertolong oleh besarnya kekuatan.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Bahwa seorang rajapun tiada menang oleh karena kebanyakan balatentaranya, dan seorang hulubalangpun tiada diluputkan oleh kebesaran kuatnya;

Contextual Overview

¹² Blessed is the nation that hath God to be their Lorde: that people hath he chosen to be an inheritaunce for him. ¹³ God looketh downe from heauen, and beholdeth all the chyldren of men ¹⁴ from the place where he resteth: he eyeth diligently euery dweller on the earth. ¹⁵ He fashioneth their heartes together: he vnderstandeth al their workes. ¹⁶ A king is not saued by the multitude of an hoast: a man of great myght escapeth not by much strength. ¹⁷ A horse for to saue is vanitie: and he can deliuer none by his great strength. ¹⁸ Beholde, the eye of God is vpon them that feare hym: and vpon them that wayteth after his mercy. ¹⁹ To deliuer their soules from death: and to preserue their liues in dearth. ²⁰ Our soule wayteth after God: he is our ayde and shielde. ²¹ For our heart shall reioyce in him: because we haue put our trust 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.