Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.

“The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.

The swift do not flee, nor do the mighty escape, Northward, by the side of the river Phrat, They have stumbled and fallen.

Let not the swift flee away, neither let the mighty man escape! — Toward the north, hard by the river Euphrates, they have stumbled and fallen.