Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Amos 2:16 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 16. 16And he that is courageous among the mighty shall flee away naked in that day, saith the LORD.
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Quick Meaning
This verse ends the oracle with the courageous warrior fleeing naked.
The cart that cannot be outrun
This verse is one part of that explanation in Amos 2:13-16. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- Amos 2:13-16
Read Amos 2:16 with 2:13-16. This verse ends the oracle with the courageous warrior fleeing naked. The complete unit establishes this movement: The judgment presses or shakes Israel and renders every celebrated military advantage unable to deliver; even the courageous fighter flees stripped of equipment.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The nation-oracle closes by overturning trust in human capability and making the threatened defeat unavoidable. Within that movement, this verse ends the oracle with the courageous warrior fleeing naked.
What Remains True
Even celebrated courage and equipment fail when the whole system collapses.
How It Can Shape Life
- Protect dignity in defeat and resist humiliation of captives.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Amos 2:13-16 — No Speed, Strength, Weapon, Horse, or Courage Can EscapeSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: Amos 2:13-16, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Amos
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, clause relationships, wordplays, names, and the base text behind translation discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Amos.xml, 2:13-16
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Amos with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, textual, literary, historical, and uncertainty notes.
Exact location: NET Bible Amos PDF, printed pp. 1708-1710, translation and notes on 2:13-16
Open source ↗