Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Let not the swift flee away, nor the strong think to escape: they are overthrown, and fallen down, towards the north by the river Euphrates. not Judges 4:15-21 And the Lord struck a terror into Sisara, and all his chariots, and all his multitude, with the edge of the sword, at the sight of Barac; insomuch, that Sisara leaping down from off his chariot, fled away on foot, . . . Psalm 33:16,17 The king is not saved by a great army: nor shall the giant be saved by his own great strength. . . . Psalm 147:10,11 He shall not delight in the strength of the horse: nor take pleasure in the legs of a man. . . . Ecclesiastes 9:11 I turned me to another thing, and 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 learned, nor favour to the skilful: but time and chance in all. Isaiah 30:16,17 But have said: No, but we will flee to horses: therefore shall you flee. And we will mount upon swift ones: therefore shall they be swifter that shall pursue after you. . . . Amos 2:14,15 And flight shall perish from the swift, and the valiant shall not possess his strength, neither shall the strong save his life. . . . Amos 9:1-3 They that swear by the sin of Samaria, and say: Thy God, O Dan, liveth: and the way of Bersabee liveth: and they shall fall, and shall rise no more. . . . stumble Jeremiah 46:12 The nations have heard of thy disgrace, and thy howling hath filled the land: for the strong hath stumbled against the strong, and both are fallen together. Jeremiah 20:11 But the Lord is with me as a strong warrior: therefore they that persecute me shall fall, and shall be weak: they shall be greatly confounded, because they have not understood the everlasting reproach, which never shall be effaced. Jeremiah 50:32 And the proud one shall fall, he shall fall down, and there shall be none to lift him up: and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all round about him. Psalm 27:2 Whilst the wicked draw near against me, to eat my flesh. My enemies that trouble me, have themselves been weakened, and have fallen. Isaiah 8:15 And very many of them shall stumble and fall, and shall be broken in pieces, and shall be snared, and taken. Daniel 11:19,22 And he shall turn his face to the empire of his own land, and he shall stumble, and fall, and shall not be found. . . . toward Jeremiah 46:10 For this is the day of the Lord the God of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may revenge himself of his enemies: the sword shall devour, and shall be filled, and shall be drunk with their blood: for there is a sacrifice of the Lord God of hosts in the north country, by the river Euphrates. Jeremiah 1:14 And the Lord said to me: From the north shall an evil break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. Jeremiah 4:6 Set up the standard in Sion. Strengthen yourselves, stay not: for I bring evil from the north, and great destruction. Jeremiah 6:1 Strengthen yourselves, ye sons of Benjamin, in the midst of Jerusalem, and sound the trumpet in Thecua, and set up the standard over Bethacarem: for evil is seen out of the north, and a great destruction. Jeremiah 25:9 Behold I will send, and take all the kindreds of the north, saith the Lord, and Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon my servant: and I will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all the nations that are round about it: and I will destroy them, and make them an astonishment and a hissing, and perpetual desolations. Context The Judgment on Egypt…5What then? I have seen them dismayed, and turning their backs, their valiant ones slain: they fled apace, and they looked not back: terror was round about, saith the Lord. 6Let not the swift flee away, nor the strong think to escape: they are overthrown, and fallen down, towards the north by the river Euphrates.7Who is this that cometh up as a flood: and his streams swell like those of rivers?… Cross References Isaiah 30:16 But have said: No, but we will flee to horses: therefore shall you flee. And we will mount upon swift ones: therefore shall they be swifter that shall pursue after you. Jeremiah 46:12 The nations have heard of thy disgrace, and thy howling hath filled the land: for the strong hath stumbled against the strong, and both are fallen together. Jeremiah 46:16 He hath multiplied them that fall, and one hath fallen upon another, and they shall say: Arise, and let us return to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the sword of the dove. Daniel 11:19 And he shall turn his face to the empire of his own land, and he shall stumble, and fall, and shall not be found. Lexicon The swiftהַקַּ֔ל (haq·qal) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7031: Light, swift, fleet cannot אַל־ (’al-) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 408: Not flee, יָנ֣וּס (yā·nūs) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5127: To flit, vanish away and the warrior הַגִּבּ֑וֹר (hag·gib·bō·wr) Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrant cannot וְאַל־ (wə·’al-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb Strong's Hebrew 408: Not escape! יִמָּלֵ֖ט (yim·mā·lêṭ) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4422: To be smooth, to escape, to release, rescue, to bring forth young, emit sparks In the north צָפ֙וֹנָה֙ (ṣā·p̄ō·w·nāh) Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6828: Hidden, dark, the north as a, quarter by עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against the River נְהַר־ (nə·har-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 5104: A stream, prosperity Euphrates פְּרָ֔ת (pə·rāṯ) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6578: Euphrates -- a river of west Asia they stumble כָּשְׁל֖וּ (kā·šə·lū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 3782: To totter, waver, to falter, stumble, faint, fall and fall. וְנָפָֽלוּ׃ (wə·nā·p̄ā·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Strong's Hebrew 5307: To fall, lie Additional Translations The swift cannot flee, and the warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates. Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen. Let not the swift flee, and let not the mighty man escape to the north: the forces at Euphrates are become feeble, and they have fallen. 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. Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled, and fallen. Let not the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape! they shall stumble, and fall towards the north by the river Euphrates. Don't let the swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; in the north by the river Euphrates have they stumbled and fallen. The swift do not flee, nor do the mighty escape, Northward, by the side of the river Phrat, They have stumbled and fallen. Jump to Previous Escape Euphrates Euphra'tes Fall Fallen Flee Flight Hard Mighty North Northward Phrat Quick-Footed River Side Slipping Strong Stumble Stumbled Swift Towards War WarriorJump to Next Escape Euphrates Euphra'tes Fall Fallen Flee Flight Hard Mighty North Northward Phrat Quick-Footed River Side Slipping Strong Stumble Stumbled Swift Towards War WarriorExternal Links Jeremiah 46:6 NIVJeremiah 46:6 NLT Jeremiah 46:6 ESV Jeremiah 46:6 NASB Jeremiah 46:6 ASV Jeremiah 46:6 Bible Apps Jeremiah 46:6 Biblia Paralela Jeremiah 46:6 Chinese Bible Jeremiah 46:6 French Bible Jeremiah 46:6 German Bible Alphabetical: and beside by cannot escape Euphrates fall fallen flee have In Let man mighty nor north not River strong stumble stumbled swift The they OT Prophets: Jeremiah 46:6 Don't let the swift flee away (Jer.) 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