For not in (A)my bow do I trust,
    nor can my sword save me.

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I put no trust in my bow,(A)
    my sword does not bring me victory;

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But (A)I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and I will save them by the Lord their God. I (B)will not save them by bow or by sword or by war or by horses or by horsemen.”

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Yet I will show love to Judah; and I will save them—not by bow,(A) sword or battle, or by horses and horsemen, but I, the Lord their God,(B) will save them.”

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Some trust in (A)chariots and some in (B)horses,
    (C)but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.

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Some trust in chariots(A) and some in horses,(B)
    but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.(C)

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47 and that all this assembly may know that (A)the Lord saves not with sword and spear. (B)For the battle is the Lord's, and he will give you into our hand.”

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47 All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword(A) or spear that the Lord saves;(B) for the battle(C) is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands.”

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16 (A)The king is not saved by his great army;
    a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.
17 (B)The war horse is a false hope for salvation,
    and by its great might it cannot rescue.

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16 No king is saved by the size of his army;(A)
    no warrior escapes by his great strength.
17 A horse(B) is a vain hope for deliverance;
    despite all its great strength it cannot save.

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