Psalms 147:10
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
He delights not in the strength of the horse: he takes not pleasure in the legs of a man.
American King James Version (AKJV)
He delights not in the strength of the horse: he takes not pleasure in the legs of a man.
American Standard Version (ASV)
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: He taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
He has no delight in the strength of a horse; he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
Webster's Revision
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.
World English Bible
He doesn't delight in the strength of the horse. He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
English Revised Version (ERV)
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh no pleasure in the legs of a man.
Clarke's Psalms 147:10 Bible Commentary
He delighteth not - The horse, among all animals, is most delighted in by man for beauty, strength, and fleetness. And a man's legs, if well proportioned, are more admired than even the finest features of his face. Though God has made these, yet they are not his peculiar delight.
Barnes's Psalms 147:10 Bible Commentary
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse - The horse is among the noblest works of God - perhaps the noblest of all the animals that he has made. See the notes at Job 39:19-25. Yet God regards with more interest and pleasure humble piety than he does any mere power, however great and wonderful it may be.
He taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man - Not the same pleasure as in piety; he prefers the humble heart to this. The reference is to man as capable of rapid marches, of quick movements in assaulting an enemy; the allusion being, perhaps, to an army prepared for war - cavalry and infantry - the horse moving on with resistless force - the foot-soldiers with rapid motion.
Wesley's Psalms 147:10 Bible Commentary
147:10 Delighteth not - As if he needed either the one or the other for the accomplishment of his designs.
