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Proverbs 21

Prov. 21:31 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The horse
cuwc (Hebrew #5483)
from an unused root meaning to skip (properly, for joy); a horse (as leaping); also a swallow (from its rapid flight)
KJV usage: crane, horse((-back, -hoof)). Compare 6571.
Pronounce: soos
Origin: or cuc {soos}
is prepared
kuwn (Hebrew #3559)
properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)
KJV usage: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-)stablish, stand, tarry, X very deed.
Pronounce: koon
Origin: a primitive root
against the day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
of battle
milchamah (Hebrew #4421)
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Pronounce: mil-khaw-maw'
Origin: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting)
: but σsafety
tshuw`ah (Hebrew #8668)
from 7768 in the sense of 3467; rescue (literal or figurative, pers., national or spir.)
KJV usage: deliverance, help, safety, salvation, victory.
Pronounce: tesh-oo-aw'
Origin: or tshuah {tesh-oo-aw'}
is of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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or, victory.

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Ministry on This Verse

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horse.
Psa. 20:7• 7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the Lord our God. (Psa. 20:7)
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Psa. 33:17‑18• 17An horse is a vain thing for safety: neither shall he deliver any by his great strength.
 18Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy; (Psa. 33:17‑18)
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Psa. 147:10• 10He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. (Psa. 147:10)
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Eccl. 9:11• 11I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. (Eccl. 9:11)
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Isa. 31:1• 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! (Isa. 31:1)
but.
Psa. 3:3,8• 3But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
 8Salvation belongeth unto the Lord: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. (Psa. 3:3,8)
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Psa. 68:20• 20He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto God the Lord belong the issues from death. (Psa. 68:20)
safety.
or, victory.
Psa. 144:10• 10It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword. (Psa. 144:10)
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Psa. 144•  (Psa. 144)
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• May each tried saint cast himself upon the same Omnipotent Saviour-God in every time of apparently overwhelming trouble, and thus prove for himself that “safety is of the Lord.” (“Proverbs Twenty-One” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but safetyg is of Jehovah.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "deliverance," or "victory."