Proverbs 21:31
We can get horses ready to fight in a battle, but Yahweh is the one who enables us to ◄win victories/defeat our enemies►.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:12but Shammah stood there in the field and did not let the Philistia soldiers steal the crops, and killed them. Yahweh won a great victory on that day.
Psalms 3:8Yahweh, you are the one who saves your people from their enemies. Yahweh, bless your people! (Think about that!)
Psalms 20:8Some kings will stumble and fall down, but we will be strong and ◄not be moved/continue standing firm►.
Psalms 68:20Our God is the God who saves us; He is Yahweh, our Lord, the one who ◄allows us to escape/prevents us► from being killed in battles.
Psalms 147:10He is not pleased with strong horses or with men who can run [MTY] fast.
Isaiah 31:1Terrible things will happen to those who reply on Egypt to help them, trusting in their soldiers’ horses and their many chariots and their strong chariot-drivers, instead of trusting that Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel, will help them.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 21:31
30 There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord . 31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord . The designing busy part of mankind are directed, in all their counsels and undertakings, to have their eye to God, and to believe, 1. That there can be no success against God, and therefore they must never act in opposition to him, in contempt of his commands, or in contradiction to his counsels. Though they think they have wisdom, and understanding, and counsel,… Read the whole commentary →