KJV King James Version
Put not your trust in princes, [nor] in the son of man, in whom [there is] no help.
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Psalm 146:3
Put not your trust in princes, [nor] in the son of man, in whom [there is] no help.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.
WEB World English Bible
Don’t put your trust in princes, each a son of man in whom there is no help.
ASV American Standard Version
Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Trust not in princes—in a son of man, For he hath no deliverance.
Surrounding context — Psalm 146
1 Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
2 While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being.
3 Put not your trust in princes, [nor] in the son of man, in whom [there is] no help.
4 His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish.
5 Happy [is he] that [hath] the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope [is] in the LORD his God:
6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein [is]: which keepeth truth for ever:
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Psalm 118:8-9[It is] better to trust in the LORD than to put confidence in man.Jeremiah 17:5-6Thus saith the LORD; Cursed [be] the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.Isaiah 2:22Cease ye from man, whose breath [is] in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of?Psalm 108:12Give us help from trouble: for vain [is] the help of man.Isaiah 31:3Now the Egyptians [are] men, and not God; and their horses flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD shall stretch out his hand, both he that helpeth shall fall, and he that is holpen shall fall down, and they all shall fail together.Psalm 62:9Surely men of low degree [are] vanity, [and] men of high degree [are] a lie: to be laid in the balance, they [are] altogether [lighter] than vanity.Isaiah 37:6And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say unto your master, Thus saith the LORD, Be not afraid of the words that thou hast heard, wherewith the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.Psalm 60:11Give us help from trouble: for vain [is] the help of man.
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