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Amos 2

Amos 2:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Therefore the flight
manowc (Hebrew #4498)
a retreat (literally or figuratively); abstractly, a fleeing
KJV usage: X apace, escape, way to flee, flight, refuge.
Pronounce: maw-noce'
Origin: from 5127
shall perish
'abad (Hebrew #6)
properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
KJV usage: break, destroy(- uction), + not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, X and surely, take, be undone, X utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
Pronounce: aw-bad'
Origin: a primitive root
from the swift
qal (Hebrew #7031)
light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial)
KJV usage: light, swift(-ly).
Pronounce: kal
Origin: contracted from 7043
, and the strong
chazaq (Hebrew #2389)
strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent)
KJV usage: harder, hottest, + impudent, loud, mighty, sore, stiff(-hearted), strong(-er).
Pronounce: khaw-zawk'
Origin: from 2388
shall not strengthen
'amats (Hebrew #553)
to be alert, physically (on foot) or mentally (in courage)
KJV usage: confirm, be courageous (of good courage, stedfastly minded, strong, stronger), establish, fortify, harden, increase, prevail, strengthen (self), make strong (obstinate, speed).
Pronounce: aw-mats'
Origin: a primitive root
his force
koach (Hebrew #3581)
from an unused root meaning to be firm; vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
KJV usage: ability, able, chameleon, force, fruits, might, power(-ful), strength, substance, wealth.
Pronounce: ko'-akh
Origin: or (Dan. 11:6) kowach {ko'-akh}
, neither shall the mighty
gibbowr (Hebrew #1368)
intensive from the same as 1397; powerful; by implication, warrior, tyrant
KJV usage: champion, chief, X excel, giant, man, mighty (man, one), strong (man), valiant man.
Pronounce: ghib-bore'
Origin: or (shortened) gibbor {ghib-bore'}
deliver
malat (Hebrew #4422)
properly, to be smooth, i.e. (by implication) to escape (as if by slipperiness); causatively, to release or rescue; specifically, to bring forth young, emit sparks
KJV usage: deliver (self), escape, lay, leap out, let alone, let go, preserve, save, X speedily, X surely.
Pronounce: maw-lat'
Origin: a primitive root
πhimself
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
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his soul, or, life.

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Ministry on This Verse

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the flight.
Amos 9:1‑3• 1I saw the Lord standing upon the altar; and he said, Smite the lintel of the door, that the posts may shake: and cut them in the head, all of them; and I will slay the last of them with the sword: he that fleeth of them shall not flee away, and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered.
 2Though they dig into Sheol, thence shall my hand take them; and though they climb up to the heavens, thence will I bring them down;
 3and though they hide themselves on the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, there will I command the serpent, and it shall bite them; (Amos 9:1‑3)
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Job 11:20• 20But the eyes of the wicked waste,{HR}And refuge vanisheth away from them,{HR}And their hope [is] a breathing out of the soul. (Job 11:20)
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Job 11•  (Job 11)
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Eccl. 9:11• 11I returned and saw under the sun,{HR}That the race is not to the swift,{HR}Nor the battle to the strong,{HR}Neither yet bread to the wise,{HR}Nor yet riches to men of understanding,{HR}Nor yet favour to men of knowledge;{HR}But time and chance happeneth to them all. (Eccl. 9:11)
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Isa. 30:16• 16And ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift. (Isa. 30:16)
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Jer. 9:23• 23Thus saith Jehovah: Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might; let not the rich glory in his riches: (Jer. 9:23)
himself.
Heb. his soul, or life.
• Certainly the righteousness that punished the heathen would not spare a more privileged people who bore His name. (“Amos 2” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And flighte shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver his soul.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "refuge," as Jer. 25.35.

W. Kelly Translation

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Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: