Amos 2:15 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁵ those who handle the bow shall not stand, and those who are swift of foot shall not save themselves, nor shall those who ride horses save their lives;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ Neither shall he stand who handles the bow, and he who is swift of foot shall not deliver himself; neither shall he who rides the horse deliver his life.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself; neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself;

Common English Bible

¹⁵ Those who shoot the bow won’t survive. Fast runners won’t escape; those who ride horses won’t save themselves.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And one holding the bow will not stand firm, and the swift of foot will not be saved, and the rider on the horse will not save his life.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ And he that holdeth the bow shall not stand, and the swift of foot shall not escape, neither shall the rider of the horse save his life.

Amos 2:15 Krydshenvisninger

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to the skillful, but time and chance happen to them all.

Isaiah 31:3

The Egyptians are human and not God; their horses are flesh and not spirit. When the Lord stretches out his hand, the helper will stumble, and the one helped will fall, and they will all perish together.

Jeremiah 51:56

for a destroyer has come against her, against Babylon; her warriors are taken; their bows are broken, for the Lord is a God of recompense; he will repay in full.

Ezekiel 39:3

I will strike your bow from your left hand and will make your arrows drop out of your right hand.

Amos 9:1

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said: Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake and shatter them on the heads of all the people, and those who are left I will kill with the sword; not one of them shall flee away, not one of them shall escape.

Haggai 2:22

and to overthrow the throne of kingdoms; I am about to destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the nations and overthrow the chariots and their riders, and the horses and their riders shall fall, every one by the sword of a comrade.

Zechariah 10:5

Together they shall be like warriors in battle, trampling the foe in the mud of the streets; they shall fight, for the Lord is with them, and they shall put to shame the riders on horses.