Amos 2:14

A Conservative Version

And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, nor shall the mighty deliver himself.

Cross References

Jeremiah 9:23

Thus says LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might. Let not the rich man glory in his riches,

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 favor to men of skill, but time and chance happens t

Psalm 33:16

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

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 spirit.

Jeremiah 25:35

And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal men 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, through the gate between the two walls, and he wen

Amos 5:9

who brings sudden destruction upon the strong, so that destruction comes upon the fortress.