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Amos Chapter 2 verse 14 Holy Bible

ASV Amos 2:14

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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BBE Amos 2:14

And flight will be impossible for the quick-footed, and the force of the strong will become feeble, and the man of war will not get away safely:
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DARBY Amos 2:14

And flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver his soul.
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KJV Amos 2:14

Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
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WBT Amos 2:14

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WEB Amos 2:14

Flight will perish from the swift; And the strong won't strengthen his force; Neither shall the mighty deliver himself;
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YLT Amos 2:14

And perished hath refuge from the swift, And the strong strengtheneth not his power, And the mighty delivereth not his soul.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 14. - In this and the two following verses Amos individualizes the "pressure" that awaits them, when every means of resistance and escape shall fail. The flight shall perish from the swift. The swift of foot shall have no time or way to flee (Jeremiah 25:35; Jeremiah 46:6), Ewald, Pusey, Gandell, for "flight" render "place of flight, refuge," as Job 11:20; Psalm 142:5; Septuagint, φυγή: Vulgate, fuga. Shall not strengthen his force. The strong man shall not be able to collect or put forth his strength to any good purpose (comp. Proverbs 24:5; Nahum 2:1). Neither shall... himself. Some of the Greek manuscripts omit this clause. Deliver himself occurs three times - a kind of solemn refrain.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(14) This doom Amos darkly foreshadows to be invasion and military overthrow, with all its attendant calamities.