Amos 2:14 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And flight shall be lost to the swift and refuge shall fail him; the strong shall not retain and confirm his strength, neither shall the mighty deliver himself.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

Fast runners will find no refuge; the strong will lose their strength; the mighty will be unable to save their lives.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And flight will perish from the swift, and the strong will not maintain his strength, and the healthy will not save his life.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And flight shall perish from the swift, and the valiant shall not possess his strength, neither shall the strong save his life.

Amos 2:14 Cross References

Job 11:20

But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, And they shall have no way to flee, And their hope shall be the giving up of the ghost.

Psalm 33:16

There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: A mighty man is not delivered by great strength.

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but fame and chance happeneth to them all.

Jeremiah 25:35

And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape.

Jeremiah 39:4

And it came to pass that when Zedekiah the king of Judah and all the men of war saw them, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the Arabah.

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

Amos 5:9

that bringeth sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction cometh upon the fortress.