Mazmur 33:17

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Kuda adalah harapan sia-sia untuk mencapai kemenangan, yang sekalipun besar ketangkasannya tidak dapat memberi keluputan.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Kuda adalah harapan sia-sia untuk mencapai kemenangan, yang sekalipun besar ketangkasannya tidak dapat memberi keluputan.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
bahwa kuda itu kepalang bagi kemenangan dan oleh besar kuatnya tiada ia akan meluputkan.

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

An horse: Psalms 20:7, Judges 4:15, 2 Kings 7:6, 2 Kings 7:7, Proverbs 21:31, Ecclesiastes 9:11, Isaiah 30:16, Hosea 14:3

his great: Psalms 147:10, Job 39:19-25

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 20:1 - horses Judges 1:10 - Sheshai Judges 5:22 - horsehoofs 1 Samuel 2:9 - by strength 1 Samuel 17:47 - saveth not 2 Samuel 8:4 - chariots 1 Chronicles 18:4 - David Job 36:19 - nor all Job 39:11 - trust Psalms 44:6 - General Isaiah 31:1 - stay on horses Isaiah 31:3 - their horses Jeremiah 9:23 - neither Jeremiah 46:6 - not Daniel 11:11 - the multitude Amos 2:15 - neither Micah 5:10 - that I Nahum 3:10 - she carried

Cross-References

Exodus 12:37
And the children of Israel toke their iourney from Rameses to Suchoth, sixe hundred thousand men of foote, besyde chyldren.

Exodus 13:20
And they toke their iourney from Sucoth, and abode in Etham in the edge of the wyldernesse.

Joshua 13:27
And in the valley they had Betharam, Bethnimra, Socoth, and Zaphon, the rest of the kyngdome of Sehon king of Hesbon, vnto Iordane and the coastes that lie theron, euen vnto the edge of the sea of Cenereth, on the other side Iordane eastwarde.

Judges 8:5
And he sayd vnto ye men of Sucoth: Geue I pray you, takes of bread vnto ye people that folow me, for they be fayntie, that I may folowe after Zebah, and Zalmana, kynges of Madian.

Judges 8:8
And he went vp thence to Phanuel, & spake vnto them lykewyse: And ye men of Phanuel aunswered him, as did the men of Sucoth.

Judges 8:14
And caught a ladde of the men of Sucoth, & enquired of him: And he wrote him of the lordes and elders of Sucoth threescore and seuenteene men.

Judges 8:16
And he toke the elders of the citie, and thornes of the wildernesse, and bryers, and dyd teare the men of Sucoth with them.

1 Kings 7:46
In the playne of Iordane did the king cast them [euen] in the thicke claye, betweene Socoh and Zarthan.

Psalms 60:6
The Lorde hath spoken in his holynes (whereof I wyll reioyce) this: I wyll deuide Sichem, and measure the valley of Sucoth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

A horse [is] a vain thing for safety,.... Though it is prepared for the day of battle, and is a very warlike creature, and of great service in war, yet safety only is of the Lord, Proverbs 21:31; this is put for all kinds of military preparations which men are apt to trust in, but should not, for they are "a lie" i, as the horse is here said to be; that is, deceives and disappoints when trusted to; in like manner the olive is said "to lie", Habakkuk 3:17; when hope of fruit from it is disappointed; so "fundus mendax" in Horace k;

neither shall he deliver [any] by his great strength; in the time of battle; either by fighting for him, or fleeing with him.

i שקר "mendacium", Pagninus, Montanus; "fallax", V. L. k Epod. l. 1. Ode 16. ver. 45. Carmin. l. 3. Ode 1. v. 30. "Spem mentita seges", ib. Epist. l. 1. ep. 7. v. 87.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

An horse - The reference here is undoubtedly to the war-horse. See the notes at Psalms 20:7.

Is a vain thing - literally, is a “lie.” That is, he cannot be confided in.

For safety - For securing safety in battle. He is liable to be stricken down, or to become wild and furious so as to be beyond the control of his rider; and however strong or fleet he may be, or however well he may be “broken,” yet none of these things make it certain that the rider will be safe. God is the only being in whom perfect confidence can be reposed.

Neither shall he deliver any by his great strength - Safety cannot be found in his mere “strength,” however great that may be. These illustrations are all designed to lead the mind to the great idea that safety is to be found in God alone, Psalms 33:18-19.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 33:17. A horse is a vain thing for safety — Even the horse, with all his fleetness, is no sure means of escape from danger: the lion or the tiger can overtake him or he may stumble, fall, and destroy his rider.