Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Let not the swift man flee,
Nor the mighty man escape;
In the north beside the river Euphrates
They have stumbled and fallen.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

The swift cannot flee,
and the warrior cannot escape!
In the north by the bank of the Euphrates River,
they stumble and fall.

International Standard Version

"The swift cannot flee, nor can the strong escape. In the north, beside the Euphrates River, they stumble and fall.

A Conservative Version

Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape. In the north by the river Euphrates they have stumbled and fallen.

American Standard Version

Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.

Amplified


Do not let the swift man run,
Nor the mighty man escape;
In the north by the river Euphrates
They have stumbled and fallen.

Bible in Basic English

Let not the quick-footed go in flight, or the man of war get away; on the north, by the river Euphrates, they are slipping and falling.

Darby Translation

Let not the swift flee away, neither let the mighty man escape! Toward the north, hard by the river Euphrates, they have stumbled and fallen.

Julia Smith Translation

The swift shall not flee away, and the strong shall not escape: to the north upon the hand of the river Phrath they stumbled and fell

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape. They have stumbled and they have fallen, by the bank of the Euphrates River.

Modern King James verseion

Do not let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape. They stumbled and fell toward the north, by the side of the river Euphrates.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The lightest of foot shall not flee away, and the worthies shall not escape. Toward the north by the water of Euphrates, they shall stumble and fall.

NET Bible

But even the swiftest cannot get away. Even the strongest cannot escape. There in the north by the Euphrates River they stumble and fall in defeat.

New Heart English Bible

"Do not let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.

The Emphasized Bible

Let not the swift, flee, Nor let the hero, escape, - Northward, beside the river Euphrates, have they stumbled, and fallen.

Webster

Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape! they shall stumble, and fall towards the north by the river Euphrates.

World English Bible

Don't let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen.

Youngs Literal Translation

The swift do not flee, nor do the mighty escape, Northward, by the side of the river Phrat, They have stumbled and fallen.

Topics

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Let not the swift
קל 
Qal 
Usage: 13

נוּס 
Nuwc 
Usage: 160

nor the mighty man
גּבּר גּבּור 
Gibbowr 
Usage: 159

מלט 
Malat 
Usage: 95

and fall
נפל 
Naphal 
Usage: 434

צפן צפון 
Tsaphown 
Usage: 153

by
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

the river
נהר 
Nahar 
Usage: 119

Context Readings

Messages Concerning Egypt

5 Why have I seen it? They are dismayed and have turned backward. Their warriors are beaten down and have fled in haste; they look not back terror on every side! declares the Lord. 6 Let not the swift man flee,
Nor the mighty man escape;
In the north beside the river Euphrates
They have stumbled and fallen.
7 "Who is this, rising like the Nile, like rivers whose waters surge?

Cross References

Daniel 11:19

Then he shall turn his face back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.

Jeremiah 46:12

The nations have heard of your shame, and the earth is full of your cry; for warrior has stumbled against warrior; they have both fallen together."

Judges 4:15-21

And the LORD routed Sisera and all his chariots and all his army before Barak by the edge of the sword. And Sisera got down from his chariot and fled away on foot.

Psalm 27:2

When evildoers assail me to eat up my flesh, my adversaries and foes, it is they who stumble and fall.

Psalm 33:16-17

The king is not saved by his great army; a warrior is not delivered by his great strength.

Psalm 147:10-11

His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man,

Ecclesiastes 9:11

Again I saw that under the sun the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor bread to the wise, nor riches to the intelligent, nor favor to those with knowledge, but time and chance happen to them all.

Isaiah 8:15

And many shall stumble on it. They shall fall and be broken; they shall be snared and taken."

Isaiah 30:16-17

and you said, "No! We will flee upon horses"; therefore you shall flee away; and, "We will ride upon swift steeds"; therefore your pursuers shall be swift.

Jeremiah 1:14

Then the LORD said to me, "Out of the north disaster shall be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land.

Jeremiah 4:6

Raise a standard toward Zion, flee for safety, stay not, for I bring disaster from the north, and great destruction.

Jeremiah 6:1

Flee for safety, O people of Benjamin, from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and raise a signal on Beth-haccherem, for disaster looms out of the north, and great destruction.

Jeremiah 20:11

But the LORD is with me as a dread warrior; therefore my persecutors will stumble; they will not overcome me. They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed. Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten.

Jeremiah 25:9

behold, I will send for all the tribes of the north, declares the LORD, and for Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants, and against all these surrounding nations. I will devote them to destruction, and make them a horror, a hissing, and an everlasting desolation.

Jeremiah 46:10

That day is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord GOD of hosts holds a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.

Jeremiah 46:16

He made many stumble, and they fell, and they said one to another, 'Arise, and let us go back to our own people and to the land of our birth, because of the sword of the oppressor.'

Jeremiah 50:32

The proud one shall stumble and fall, with none to raise him up, and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it will devour all that is around him.

Daniel 11:22

Armies shall be utterly swept away before him and broken, even the prince of the covenant.

Amos 2:14-15

Flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not retain his strength, nor shall the mighty save his life;

Amos 9:1-3

I saw the Lord standing beside the altar, and he said: "Strike the capitals until the thresholds shake, and shatter them on the heads of all the people; and those who are left of them I will kill with the sword; not one of them shall flee away; not one of them shall escape.

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