The Meaning of Proverbs 21:31 Explained

Proverbs 21:31

KJV: The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.

YLT: A horse is prepared for a day of battle, And the deliverance is of Jehovah!

Darby: The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but safety is of Jehovah.

ASV: The horse is prepared against the day of battle; But victory is of Jehovah.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

The horse  [is] prepared  against the day  of battle:  but safety  [is] of the LORD. 

What does Proverbs 21:31 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 21

1  The king's heart in the hand of the Lord

What do the individual words in Proverbs 21:31 mean?

The horse [is] prepared for the day of battle but of Yahweh deliverance [is]
ס֗וּס מ֭וּכָן לְי֣וֹם מִלְחָמָ֑ה וְ֝לַֽיהוָ֗ה הַתְּשׁוּעָֽה

ס֗וּס  The  horse 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: סוּס 
Sense: swallow, swift.
מ֭וּכָן  [is]  prepared 
Parse: Verb, Hofal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: כּוּן 
Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
לְי֣וֹם  for  the  day 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
מִלְחָמָ֑ה  of  battle 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִלְחָמָה  
Sense: battle, war.
וְ֝לַֽיהוָ֗ה  but  of  Yahweh 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
הַתְּשׁוּעָֽה  deliverance  [is] 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּשׁוּעָה  
Sense: salvation, deliverance.