Amos 2:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

Neither shall he stand that handles the bow; and he who is swift of foot shall not save himself: neither shall he who rides the horse save himself.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 33:16-17 : 16 No king is saved by the multitude of an army; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength. 17 A horse is a vain hope for safety; neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.
  • Ezek 39:3 : 3 And I will strike your bow out of your left hand, and cause your arrows to fall out of your right hand.

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    14Therefore flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not reinforce his strength, neither shall the mighty save himself:

  • Amos 2:16
    84%

    16And he who is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, says the LORD.

  • Ps 33:16-17
    2 verses
    80%

    16No king is saved by the multitude of an army; a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.

    17A horse is a vain hope for safety; neither shall it deliver any by its great strength.

  • Isa 30:16
    79%

    16But you said, No; for we will flee on horses; therefore you shall flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.

  • Isa 5:27-28
    2 verses
    75%

    27None shall be weary nor stumble among them; none shall slumber nor sleep; neither shall the belt of their waists be loosed, nor the strap of their shoes be broken:

    28Whose arrows are sharp, and all their bows bent, their horses' hooves shall be counted like flint, and their wheels like a whirlwind:

  • Jer 12:5
    74%

    5If you have run with the footmen and they have wearied you, then how can you contend with horses? And if in the land of peace, in which you trusted, they wearied you, then how will you do in the floodplain of the Jordan?

  • Jer 4:29
    74%

    29The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be forsaken, and not a man dwell in it.

  • Obad 1:14
    74%

    14You should not have stood at the crossroads to cut off those among them who escaped; nor should you have delivered up those among them who remained in the day of distress.

  • Jer 46:4-6
    3 verses
    73%

    4Harness the horses; and get up, you horsemen, and stand forth with your helmets; polish the spears, and put on the armor.

    5Why have I seen them dismayed and turned back? Their mighty ones are beaten down, and have fled quickly, and do not look back: for fear is all around, says the LORD.

    6Do not let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.

  • Isa 31:8
    73%

    8Then shall the Assyrian fall with the sword, not of a mighty man; and the sword, not of a mean man, shall devour him: but he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be discomfited.

  • Jer 47:3
    73%

    3At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;

  • Prov 21:31
    73%

    31The horse is prepared for the day of battle, but safety is of the LORD.

  • Isa 21:15
    73%

    15For they fled from the swords, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow, and from the distress of war.

  • Ps 44:6
    73%

    6For I will not trust in my bow, nor shall my sword save me.

  • Zech 10:5
    72%

    5And they shall be like mighty men, who tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in battle. And they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.

  • Lev 26:37
    72%

    37And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursues: and you shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

  • Ps 147:10
    72%

    10He does not delight in the strength of the horse: he takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

  • Joel 2:7-8
    2 verses
    72%

    7They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and each shall march on his way, and they shall not break their ranks.

    8Neither shall one jostle another; each shall walk in his path, and when they fall upon the sword, they shall not be wounded.

  • Job 41:26
    72%

    26The sword that reaches him cannot prevail, nor the spear, the dart, or the javelin.

  • Nah 3:3
    71%

    3The horseman raises both the bright sword and the glittering spear: there is a multitude of slain, and a great number of corpses; and there is no end to their bodies; they stumble upon their corpses:

  • Hab 1:8
    71%

    8Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than evening wolves; their horsemen spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from afar; they fly as the eagle that hastens to eat.

  • Jer 6:23
    71%

    23They shall hold the bow and spear; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; and they ride upon horses, set in array as men for war against you, O daughter of Zion.

  • Mic 5:10
    71%

    10And it shall come to pass in that day, says the LORD, that I will cut off your horses out of the midst of you, and I will destroy your chariots.

  • Isa 31:1-3
    3 verses
    71%

    1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help; and rely on horses, and trust in chariots, because they are many; and in horsemen, because they are very strong; but they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the LORD!

    2Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity.

    3Now the Egyptians are men, and not God; and their horses are flesh, and not spirit. When the LORD stretches out His hand, both he who helps will fall, and he who is helped will fall down, and they all will fail together.

  • Job 20:24
    71%

    24He shall flee from the iron weapon, and the bow of bronze shall strike him through.

  • Ezek 26:11
    71%

    11With the hooves of his horses he shall tread down all your streets; he shall slay your people by the sword, and your strong garrisons shall fall to the ground.

  • Isa 13:14
    71%

    14And it will be as the hunted roe, and as a sheep that no man takes up: every man will turn to his own people, and everyone will flee to his own land.

  • Ezek 7:15
    70%

    15The sword is outside, and the pestilence and the famine within; he who is in the field shall die by the sword, and he who is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

  • Zeph 1:18
    70%

    18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the LORD's wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy: for He will make a speedy end of all those that dwell in the land.

  • Jer 25:35
    70%

    35And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the leaders of the flock to escape.

  • Isa 37:34
    70%

    34By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, says the LORD.

  • Nah 2:5
    70%

    5He shall recount his nobles: they shall stumble in their walk; they shall make haste to the wall thereof, and the defense shall be prepared.

  • 2 Kgs 19:32-33
    2 verses
    70%

    32Therefore thus says the LORD concerning the king of Assyria, He shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor come before it with shield, nor cast a siege mound against it.

    33By the way that he came, by the same shall he return, and shall not come into this city, says the LORD.

  • Jer 46:15
    70%

    15Why are your valiant men swept away? They stood not, because the LORD drove them.

  • Hab 3:17
    70%

    17Though the fig tree shall not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no food; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls.

  • Isa 33:23
    70%

    23Your tackle is loosed; they could not strengthen their mast, they could not spread the sail; then the prey of great plunder is divided, the lame take the prey.

  • Joel 2:5
    70%

    5Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains they shall leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devours the stubble, like a strong people arrayed for battle.

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    70%

    42They shall hold the bow and the spear: they are cruel, and will show no mercy: their voice shall roar like the sea, and they shall ride upon horses, every one set in order, like a man to the battle, against you, O daughter of Babylon.

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  • Jer 6:25
    69%

    25Do not go forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.