Psalms 146:3

In 11 translations

BSB

Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.

KJV

Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.help: or, salvation

WEB

Don’t put your trust in princes, in a son of man in whom there is no help.

ASV

Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

LSV

Do not trust in princes—in a son of man, || For he has no deliverance.

YLT

Trust not in princes — in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance.

DBY

Put not confidence in nobles, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

DRC145:3

In the children of men, in whom there is no salvation.

GNV

Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sonne of man, for there is none helpe in him.

JPS

Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

LXXE145:3

Trust not in princes, nor in the children of men, in whom there is no safety.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

אַל־תִּבְטְח֥וּ בִנְדִיבִ֑ים בְּבֶן־אָדָ֓ם ׀ שֶׁ֤אֵֽין ל֥וֹ תְשׁוּעָֽה׃

LXX-Br145:3

Μὴ πεποίθατε ἐπʼ ἄρχοντας, καὶ ἐφʼ υἱοὺς ἀνθρώπων, οἷς οὐκ ἔστι σωτηρία.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 118:8–9It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man. It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.
• Jeremiah 17:5–6This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes the flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD. He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He…
• Isaiah 2:22Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?
• Psalms 108:12Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
• Isaiah 31:3But the Egyptians are men, not God; their horses are flesh, not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, the helper will stumble, and the one he helps will fall; both will perish together.
• Psalms 62:9Lowborn men are but a vapor, the exalted but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.
• Psalms 60:11Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.
• Isaiah 37:6who replied, “Tell your master that this is what the LORD says: ‘Do not be afraid of the words you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me.

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