AMOS 2:16 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) Even the bravest warriors will flee naked that day.
§ That is Yahweh’s declaration.

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX καὶ ὁ κραταιὸς οὐ μὴ εὑρήσει τὴν καρδίαν αὐτοῦ ἐν δυναστείαις, ὁ γυμνὸς διώξεται ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, λέγει Κύριος.
(kai ho krataios ou maʸ heuraʸsei taʸn kardian autou en dunasteiais, ho gumnos diōxetai en ekeinaʸ taʸ haʸmera, legei Kurios. )

BrTr And the strong shall find no confidence in power: the naked shall flee away in that day, saith the Lord.

ULT Even the bravest warriors
⇔ will flee naked in that day—
⇔ this is Yahweh’s declaration.”

UST Even warriors who are very brave will drop their weapons
⇔ when they try to flee on the day that I get rid of them.”
⇔ Yahweh has declared this, so it will certainly happen!

BSB Even the bravest of mighty men will flee naked on that day,” declares the LORD.

OEB The bravest of warriors
⇔ will flee away naked in that day,
⇔ says the Lord.

WEBBE He who is courageous amongst the mighty
⇔ will flee away naked on that day,”
¶ says the LORD.

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Bravehearted warriors will run away naked in that day.”
⇔ The Lord is speaking!

LSV And the courageous of heart among the mighty,
Flees naked in that day,”
A declaration of YHWH!

FBV On that day even the bravest of the mighty warriors will run away naked, says the Lord.

T4T Even warriors who are very brave will drop their weapons
⇔ when they try to flee on the day that I get rid of them.
⇔ That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.”

LEB No LEB AMOS book available

BBE And he who is without fear among the fighting men will go in flight without his clothing in that day, says the Lord.

Moff No Moff AMOS book available

JPS And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.

ASV and he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah.

DRA And the stout of heart among the valiant shall flee away naked in that day, saith the Lord.

YLT And the courageous of heart among the mighty, Naked doth flee in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah!

Drby and he that is stout-hearted among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith Jehovah.

RV and he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.
(and he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith/says the LORD. )

SLT And he strong of heart among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, says Jehovah.

Wbstr And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.

KJB-1769 And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.[fn]
(And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith/says the LORD. )

2.16 courageous: Heb. strong of his heart

KJB-1611 [fn]And he that is couragious among the mighty, shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

2:16 Heb. strong of his heart.

Bshps No Bshps AMOS book available

Gnva And he that is of a mighty courage among the strong men, shall flee away naked in that day, sayth the Lord.
(And he that is of a mighty courage among the strong men, shall flee away naked in that day, saith/says the Lord. )

Cvdl No Cvdl AMOS book available

Wycl No Wycl AMOS book available

Luth No Luth AMOS book available

ClVg et robustus corde inter fortes nudus fugiet in illa die, dicit Dominus.]
(and robust heart between strong naked he_will_flee in/into/on that day, he_says Master.] )

RP-GNT No RP-GNT AMOS book available

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) flee naked

(Some words not found in UHB: and,stout_of his/its=heart in/on/at/with,warriors naked flee in_the=day (the)=that declares_of YHWH )

This could mean: (1) this is a metonym for “run away without his weapons” or (2) this is meant literally as “run away wearing no clothes”

(Occurrence 0) in that day

(Some words not found in UHB: and,stout_of his/its=heart in/on/at/with,warriors naked flee in_the=day (the)=that declares_of YHWH )

Alternate translation: “at that time”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

(Occurrence 0) this is Yahweh’s declaration

(Some words not found in UHB: and,stout_of his/its=heart in/on/at/with,warriors naked flee in_the=day (the)=that declares_of YHWH )

Yahweh speaks of himself by name to express the certainty of what he is declaring. See how you translated this in [Amos 2:11](../02/11.md). Alternate translation: “this is what Yahweh has declared” or “this is what I, Yahweh, have declared”

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