Psalm 146:3 “Put not your trust in princes, in mortal man, who cannot save.”

Psalm 146:3

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

Put not your faith in rulers, or in the son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

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Cross references

“Put”

Isaiah 2:22 Isaiah 31:3 Psalm 62:9 Isaiah 37:6 Psalm 118:8 Psalm 118:9

Isaiah 2:22 · BSB

Put no more trust in man, who has only the breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?

Isaiah 31:3 · BSB

But 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.

Psalm 62:9 · BSB

Lowborn men are but a vapor; the exalted are but a lie. Weighed on the scale, they go up; together they are but a vapor.

Isaiah 37:6 · BSB

who 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.

Psalm 118:8 · BSB

It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in man.

Psalm 118:9 · BSB

It is better to take refuge in the LORD than to trust in princes.

Also

Psalm 108:12 Psalm 60:11

Psalm 108:12 · BSB

Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.

Psalm 60:11 · BSB

Give us aid against the enemy, for the help of man is worthless.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

4When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

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