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Amos 2:14

Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his life.

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ASV

And flight shall perish from the swift; and the strong shall not strengthen his force; neither shall the mighty deliver himself;

KJV

Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְאָבַ֤דve.'a.Vadand it will be lostH6 →
מָנוֹס֙ma.nOsa place of escapeH4498 →
מִקָּ֔לmi.Kalfrom a swift [person]H7031 →
וְחָזָ֖קve.cha.Zakand a strong [person]H2389 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
יְאַמֵּ֣ץye.'a.Metzhe will make firmH553 →
כֹּח֑וֹko.Chopower hisH3581 →
וְגִבּ֖וֹרve.gi.Borand a mighty [person]H1368 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
יְמַלֵּ֥טye.ma.Lethe will saveH4422 →
נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃naf.Sholife hisH5315 →

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Isaiah 40:30Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.Jeremiah 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.Psalms 50:22Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:Micah 2:3Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I am planning against this nation a disaster from which you cannot free your necks. Then you will not walk so proudly, for it will be a time of calamity.Psalms 33:16No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.Ecclesiastes 9:11I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.Amos 9:1–3I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and He said: “Strike the tops of the pillars so that the thresholds shake. Topple them on the heads of all the people, and I will kill the rest with the sword. None of those who flee will get away; none of the fugitives will escape.Jeremiah 39:4When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.Hosea 5:14For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.Jeremiah 25:35Flight will evade the shepherds, and escape will elude the leaders of the flock.Isaiah 30:16–17“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”1 Chronicles 10:3When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him.Job 27:22It hurls itself against him without mercy as he flees headlong from its power.Lamentations 4:19Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.Judges 8:12When Zebah and Zalmunna fled, Gideon pursued and captured these two kings of Midian, routing their entire army.1 Kings 19:17Then Jehu will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Hazael, and Elisha will put to death whoever escapes the sword of Jehu.1 Samuel 31:3When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers overtook him and wounded him critically.

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About Amos

The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Amos — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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