Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.
Parallel translations
- WEB Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust the name of Yahweh our God.
- BSB Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
- NKJV Some trust in chariots, and some in horses; But we will remember the name of the Lord our God.
- NASB Some praise their chariots and some their horses, But we will praise the name of the Lord, our God.
- NLT Some nations boast of their chariots and horses, but we boast in the name of the Lord our God.
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Quick answer
Some trust in chariots and horses, but God's people trust in the name of the Lord. True confidence rests in God, not military might.
Overview
This memorable verse contrasts worldly reliance on military power with faith in God's name (his revealed character and presence). Israel's victories were to rest on the Lord, not on her armaments. The principle endures for believers: our security is found not in human resources but in the God who saves us in Christ.
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- Isa 31:1Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help; and stay on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek the LORD!
- Jer 17:5Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
- Prov 21:31The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
- Ps 33:16–17There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.
- 2 Chr 32:8With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
- 2 Chr 14:11And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
- 2 Chr 20:12–20O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
- Ps 45:17I will make thy name to be remembered in all generations: therefore shall the people praise thee for ever and ever.
- 2 Chr 13:10–12But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:
- Isa 30:16But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
- 2 Chr 13:16And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
- 1 Sam 13:5And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore in multitude: and they came up, and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Bethaven.
- 2 Sam 10:18And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.
- 2 Sam 8:4And David took from him a thousand chariots, and seven hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen: and David houghed all the chariot horses, but reserved of them for an hundred chariots.
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