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Amos 2:15

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2:15Archers45 will not hold their ground;46

fast runners will not save their lives,

nor will those who ride horses.47

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Footnotes

  1. 45 Heb “the one who holds the bow.”
  2. 46 For the idiom of “holding [or “standing”] one’s ground” in battle, there is a similar phrase in Ezek 13:5; also related is the expression “to hold one’s own against” (or “to withstand”) in Judg 2:14; 2 Kgs 10:4; Dan 8:7 (see S. M. Paul, Amos [Hermeneia], ). Other options include “will not endure” or “will not survive.”
  3. 47 The last two lines read literally, “The one fast in his feet will not rescue [his life], and the rider of the horse will not rescue his life.” The phrase “his life” does double duty in the parallelism and should be understood in both lines.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

he who handles the bow shall not stand,

and he who is swift of foot shall not save himself,

nor shall he who rides the horse save his life;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The archer will not stand his ground,

the fleet-footed soldier will not get away,

and the horseman will not save his life.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The archer will not stand his ground,

the one who is swift of foot

will not save himself,

and the one riding a horse will not save his life.

NLTNew Living Translation

The archers will not stand their ground.

The swiftest runners won’t be fast enough to escape.

Even those riding horses won’t be able to save themselves.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And the one who takes hold of the bow will not stand and the one who is swift on his feet will not save himself, nor will the one who rides the horse save his life.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.