King James Version
Amos 2:16 in the King James Version says “And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD. courageous: Heb. strong of...” — study this verse from Amos chapter 2 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD. courageous: Heb. strong of his heart”
Amos 2:16 · KJV
Therefore the flight shall perish from the swift, and the strong shall not strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself: himself: Heb. his soul, or, life
Neither shall he stand that handleth the bow; and he that is swift of foot shall not deliver himself: neither shall he that rideth the horse deliver himself.
And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD. courageous: Heb. strong of his heart
KJV Study — Public Domain
the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
“shall flee away”
H5127to flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
“in that day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
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