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Amos 2:15

NETBible	Archers¹ will not hold their ground;² fast runners will not save their lives, nor will those who ride horses.³
NIV © biblegateway Amo 2:15	The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet-footed soldier will not get away, and the horseman will not save his life.
NASB © biblegateway Amo 2:15	"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 © biblegateway Amo 2:15	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 © biblegateway Amo 2:15	Skilled archers won't make it. Fast runners won't make it. Chariot drivers won't make it.
BBE © SABDAweb Amo 2:15	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 © bibleoremus Amo 2:15	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 © biblegateway Amo 2:15	He shall not stand who handles the bow, The swift of foot shall not escape, Nor shall he who rides a horse deliver himself.
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KJV	Neither shall he stand <05975> (8799) that handleth <08610> (8802) the bow <07198>_; and [he that is] swift <07031> of foot <07272> shall not deliver <04422> (8762) [himself]: neither shall he that rideth <07392> (8802) the horse <05483> deliver <04422> (8762) himself <05315>_.
NASB © biblegateway Amo 2:15	"He who grasps <08610> the bow <07198> will not stand <05975> his ground, The swift <07031> of foot <07272> will not escape <04422> , Nor <03808> will he who rides <07392> the horse <05483> save <04422> his life <05315> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ o <3588> T-NSM toxothv {N-NSM} ou <3364> ADV mh <3165> ADV uposth {V-AAS-3S} kai <2532> CONJ o <3588> T-NSM oxuv <3691> A-NSM toiv <3588> T-DPM posin <4228> N-DPM autou <846> D-GSM ou <3364> ADV mh <3165> ADV diaswyh <1295> V-APS-3S oude <3761> CONJ o <3588> T-NSM ippeuv <2460> N-NSM ou <3364> ADV mh <3165> ADV swsh <4982> V-AAS-3S thn <3588> T-ASF quchn <5590> N-ASF autou <846> D-GSM
NET [draft] ITL	Archers <07198> <08610> will not <03808> hold their ground <05975> ; fast <07031> runners <07272> will not <03808> save <04422> their lives <05315> , nor <03808> will those who ride <07392> horses <05483> .
HEBREW	wspn <05315> jlmy <04422> 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

Archers¹ will not hold their ground;² fast runners will not save their lives, nor will those who ride horses.³

NET Notes

¹tn Heb “the one who holds the bow.”

²tn 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.”

³tn 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.