Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favour to the skilful; rather, time and chance happen to all of them.
Isaiah 40:30 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Youths may become faint and weary, and young men stumble and fall, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Even youths shall faint and be weary, and [selected] young men shall feebly stumble and fall exhausted; American Standard Version (1901) Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: Common English Bible Youths will become tired and weary, young men will certainly stumble; Catholic Public Domain Version Servants will struggle and fail, and young men will fall into infirmity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Youths shall faint and labour: and young men shall fall by infirmity. |
Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favour to the skilful; rather, time and chance happen to all of them.
Their bows will cut young men to pieces. They will have no compassion on offspring; they will not look with pity on children.
Therefore the Lord does not rejoice over Israel’s young men and has no compassion on its fatherless and widows, for everyone is a godless evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. In all this, his anger has not turned away, and his hand is still raised to strike.
The destroyer of Moab and its towns has come up, and the best of its young men have gone down to slaughter. This is the King’s declaration; the Lord of Armies is his name.
But I am full of the Lord’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. Pour it out on the children in the street, on the gathering of young men as well. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old with the very old.
for Death has climbed through our windows; it has entered our fortresses, cutting off children from the streets, young men from the squares.
Escape will fail the swift, the strong one will not maintain his strength, and the warrior will not save his life.
David and four hundred of the men continued the pursuit, while two hundred stopped because they were too exhausted to cross the Wadi Besor.