Lexicon :: Strong's H7031 - qal

Three sons of Zeruiah [the half sister of David] were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as light and swift-footed as one of the [wild] gazelles in the field.

“They are insignificant on the surface of the water;

Their portion is cursed on the earth;

They do not turn toward the vineyards.

I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the strong, and neither is bread to the wise nor riches to those of intelligence and understanding nor favor to men of ability; but time and chance overtake them all.

He will lift up a flag to [call] the distant nations [to bring His judgment on Judah],

And will whistle for them from the ends of the earth;

And indeed, they will come with great speed swiftly.

Which sends ambassadors by the sea,

Even in vessels of papyrus on the surface of the waters.

Go, swift messengers, to a nation [of people] tall and smooth (clean shaven),

To a people feared far and wide,

A powerful and oppressive nation

Whose land the rivers divide.

The [mournful, inspired] oracle ([fn]a burden to be carried) concerning Egypt:

Listen carefully, the LORD is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt;

The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,

And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

And you said, “No! We will flee on horses!”

Therefore you will flee [from your enemies]!

And [you said], “We will ride on swift horses!”

Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.

“How can you say, ‘I am not defiled,

I have not gone after [man-made gods like] the Baals’?

Look at your way in the valley;

Know [without any doubt] what you have done!

You are a swift and restless young [female] camel [in the heat of her passion] running here and there,

Do not let the swift man run,

Nor the mighty man escape;

In the north by the river Euphrates

They have stumbled and fallen.

Our pursuers were swifter

Than the eagles of the sky;

They pursued us on the mountains,

They waited in ambush for us in the wilderness.

“Moreover, what are you to Me, O Tyre and Sidon and all the [five small] regions of Philistia? Will you pay Me back for something [I have supposedly done to you]? Even if you do pay Me back, I will swiftly and speedily return your deed [of retaliation] on your own head.

“Flight will be lost to the swift [so they will be unable to escape],

And the strong shall not strengthen nor maintain his power,

Nor shall the mighty man save his own life.