Amos 2:14

Bishops' Bible (1568)

Therfore the flight shall perishe from the swift, and the strong shal not strengthen his force, neither shall the mightie saue his life.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 9:23 : 23 Thus saith the Lorde: Let not the wise man reioyce in his wisdome, nor the strong man in his strength, neither the riche man in his riches:
  • Amos 9:1-3 : 1 I saw the Lorde standing vpon the aulter, and he sayd: Smite the lintel of the doore, that the postes may shake, & cut them in peeces, euen the heades of them all, and I wil slay the last of them with the sworde: he that fleeth of them, shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them, shall not be deliuered. 2 Though they dig into hell, thence shall my hande take them, though they clime vp to heauen, thence will I bring them downe. 3 And though they hyde them selues in the top of Charmel, I will searche, and take them out thence: and though they be hyd from my sight in the bottome of the sea, thence will I commaunde the serpent, and he shall bite them.
  • Ps 33:16 : 16 A king is not saued by the multitude of an hoast: a man of great myght escapeth not by much strength.
  • Eccl 9:11 : 11 So I turned me vnto other thinges vnder the sunne, & I sawe that in running it helpeth not to be swift, in battell it helpeth not to be strong, to feeding it helpeth not to be wyse, to riches it helpeth not to be a man of muche vnderstanding, to be had in fauour it helpeth not to be cunning: but that all lieth in tyme and fortune.
  • Isa 30:16-17 : 16 For ye haue sayde, No, but we wyll escape thorowe horses, therefore shall ye flee: And we wyll get vs vp vpon swift beastes, and therefore shall your persecutours be swifter. 17 A thousande shall flee at the rebuke of one, and at the rebuke of fiue shall ye all flee, till ye be left as a ship mast vpon the top of a mountaine, and as a beaken vpon an hill.
  • Job 11:20 : 20 As for the eyes of the vngodly they shall faile, and they shal not escape: and their hope shalbe sorowe of minde.

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    15Nor he that handleth the bowe shall stande, nor he that is swift of foote shall escape, neither shall he that rydeth the horse, saue his life.

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  • Isa 30:16
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    16For ye haue sayde, No, but we wyll escape thorowe horses, therefore shall ye flee: And we wyll get vs vp vpon swift beastes, and therefore shall your persecutours be swifter.

  • Jer 46:6
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    6The lightest of foote shall not flee away, and the worthyes shal not escape: towarde the north by the water of Euphrates they dyd stumble and fall.

  • Ps 33:16-17
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    16A king is not saued by the multitude of an hoast: a man of great myght escapeth not by much strength.

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    23Thy tacklyng is loosed, therfore it can not make fast the mast, nor spread the sayle: then there is dealed great spoyle, yea lame men runne after the pray.

  • Job 9:25-26
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    25My dayes are more swyft then a runner, they are gone & haue seene no good thing.

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    5The hygh couragious stomackes are spoyled, they haue slept their slepe: and the valiaunt souldiours coulde not finde their owne handes.

  • Isa 21:15
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    15For because of swordes they are become fugitiue, Euen for the drawen sworde, and for the bent bowe, and because of the greeuousnesse of warre.

  • Job 27:22
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    22God shal cast vpon him, and not spare, though he woulde fayne flee out of his hande.

  • Isa 51:14
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  • 1 Sam 2:4
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    4The bowe with the mightie men are broken, and they that were weake haue gyrde them selues with strength.

  • Job 20:24
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    24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bowe of steele shall strike him through.

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  • Isa 49:24
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    24Shall the spoyle be taken from the mightie? or the lawfull prisoner from the taker?

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    22He drue the mightie after hym with his power, and when he was gotten vp no man was sure of lyfe.

  • Jer 25:35
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  • Isa 40:30-31
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    30Children are weerie and faint, and the strongest men fall:

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  • Isa 31:8
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  • Job 20:8
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  • Isa 5:27-28
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    27There shall not be one faynt nor feeble among them, no not a sluggishe nor sleepie person: there shall not one of them put of his gyrdle from his loynes, nor loose the latchet of his shoe.

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    9He wyll kepe the feete of his saintes, and the wicked shall kepe scilence in darknesse, and in his owne myght shal no man be strong.

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