Amos 2:15

NETBible

Archers 1  will not hold their ground; 2  fast runners will not save their lives, nor will those who ride horses. 3 

NIV ©

The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet-footed soldier will not get away, and the horseman will not save his life.

NASB ©

"He who grasps the bow will not stand his ground, The swift of foot will not escape, Nor will he who rides the horse save his life.

NLT ©

The archers will fail to stand their ground. The swiftest soldiers won’t be fast enough to escape. Even warriors on horses won’t be able to outrun the danger.

MSG ©

Skilled archers won't make it. Fast runners won't make it. Chariot drivers won't make it.

BBE ©

And the bowman will not keep his place; he who is quick-footed will not get away safely: and the horseman will not keep his life.

NRSV ©

those who handle the bow shall not stand, and those who are swift of foot shall not save themselves, nor shall those who ride horses save their lives;

NKJV ©

He shall not stand who handles the bow, The swift of foot shall not escape, Nor shall he who rides a horse deliver himself.

KJV
Neither shall he stand
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that handleth
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the bow
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and [he that is] swift
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of foot
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shall not deliver
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[himself]: neither shall he that rideth
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the horse
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deliver
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himself
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NASB ©
"He who grasps
<8610>
the bow
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will not stand
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his ground,
The swift
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of foot
<7272>
will not escape
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, Nor
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will he who rides
<7392>
the horse
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save
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his life
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.
LXXM
kai
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CONJ
o
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T-NSM
toxothv {N-NSM} ou
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ADV
mh
<3165> 
ADV
uposth {V-AAS-3S} kai
<2532> 
CONJ
o
<3588> 
T-NSM
oxuv
<3691> 
A-NSM
toiv
<3588> 
T-DPM
posin
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N-DPM
autou
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D-GSM
ou
<3364> 
ADV
mh
<3165> 
ADV
diaswyh
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V-APS-3S
oude
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CONJ
o
<3588> 
T-NSM
ippeuv
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N-NSM
ou
<3364> 
ADV
mh
<3165> 
ADV
swsh
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V-AAS-3S
thn
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T-ASF
quchn
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N-ASF
autou
<846> 
D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL
Archers
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will not
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hold their ground
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; fast
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runners
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will not
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save
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their lives
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, nor
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will those who ride
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horses
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.
HEBREW
wspn
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jlmy
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al
<03808>
owoh
<05483>
bkrw
<07392>
jlmy
<04422>
al
<03808>
wylgrb
<07272>
lqw
<07031>
dmey
<05975>
al
<03808>
tsqh
<07198>
vptw (2:15)
<08610>
NETBible

Archers 1  will not hold their ground; 2  fast runners will not save their lives, nor will those who ride horses. 3 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “the one who holds the bow.”

2 tn 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], 97). Other options include “will not endure” or “will not survive.”

3 tn 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.