Amos 2:15 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁵ and he who handles the bow not stand, and the swift of foot not save, nor he who rides a horse save his life,

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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.

Amos 2:15 Cross References

Ecclesiastes 9:11

I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the mighty, nor even bread to the wise, nor even riches to men of understanding, nor even favour to men of knowledge – for time and chance meets with them all.

Isaiah 31:3

And the Mitsrites are men, and not Ěl. And their horses are flesh, and not spirit. And when יהוה stretches out His hand, both he who helps shall stumble, and he who is helped shall fall. And they shall all fall, together.

Jeremiah 51:56

because the ravager shall come against her, against Baḇel, and her mighty men shall be captured. Every one of their bows shall be broken, for יהוה is the Ěl of recompense, He shall certainly repay.

Ezekiel 39:3

and shall strike the bow out of your left hand, and make the arrows fall from your right hand.

Amos 9:1

I saw יהוה standing by the slaughter-place, and He said, “Strike the column head, so that the thresholds shake, and break them off by the head, all of them. And the last of them I kill with the sword. Not one of them fleeing gets away, and not one fugitive of them escapes.

Haggai 2:22

And I shall overturn the throne of reigns. And I shall destroy the might of the reigns of the nations, and overturn the chariots and their riders. And the horses and their riders shall come down, each by the sword of his brother.

Zechariah 10:5

“And they shall be like mighty men, who trample down the mud of the streets in the battle. And they shall fight because יהוה is with them, and the riders on horses shall be put to shame.