49 verses contain “Swift” (in the KJV: 39, in the BSB: 32) — showing 1–49
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For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the LORD be
kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.
Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a
consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.
But understand that
today the LORD your God goes across
ahead of you as a
consuming fire; He will destroy them and
subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and
annihilate them
swiftly, as the LORD has promised you.
The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
The LORD will bring a nation from
afar, from the ends of the earth, to
swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
Saul and
Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided: they were
swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Saul and
Jonathan, beloved and delightful in life, were not divided in death. They were
swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
And of the Gadites there separated themselves unto David into the hold to the wilderness men of might, and men of war fit for the battle, that could handle shield and
buckler, whose faces were like the faces of lions, and were as
swift as the roes upon the mountains;
Some Gadites defected to David at his
stronghold in the desert. They were mighty men of
valor, trained for battle, experts with the shield and
spear, whose faces were like the faces of lions and who were as
swift as gazelles on the mountains:
And he wrote in the king
Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on
horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young
dromedaries:
Mordecai wrote in the name of King
Xerxes and sealed it with the royal
signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on
swift horses
bred from the royal mares.
My days are
swifter than a
weaver’s
shuttle, and are spent without hope.
My days are
swifter than a
weaver’s
shuttle; they come to an end without hope.
Now my days are
swifter than a post: they
flee away, they see no good.
My days are
swifter than a
runner; they
flee without seeing good.
They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to the prey.
He is
swift as the waters; their portion is
cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
They are but
foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is
cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
Who hath sent out the wild
ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild
ass?
They run and prepare themselves without my fault:
awake to help me, and behold.
For no fault of my own, they move swiftly to attack me. Arise to help me, and take notice.
He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly.
He sends forth His command to the earth; His word runs swiftly.
For their feet run to evil, and make
haste to shed blood.
For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
And he will lift up an
ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed
swiftly:
He lifts a
banner for the distant nations and whistles for those at the ends of the earth. Behold—how speedily and
swiftly they come!
That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye
swift messengers, to a nation scattered and
peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and
trodden down, whose land the rivers have
spoiled!
which sends couriers by sea, in
papyrus vessels on the waters. Go,
swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-
skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.
The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a
swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall
melt in the midst of it.
This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a
swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will
tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will
melt within them.
But ye said, No; for we will
flee upon horses; therefore shall ye
flee: and, We will
ride upon the
swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be
swift.
“No,” you say, “we will
flee on horses.” Therefore you will
flee! “We will
ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
Their feet run to evil, and they make
haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
Their feet run to evil; they are
swift to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are sinful thoughts; ruin and destruction lie in their
wake.
And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the LORD out of all nations upon horses, and in
chariots, and in litters, and upon mules, and upon
swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith the LORD, as the children of Israel bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the LORD.
And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and
chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”
How canst thou say, I am not
polluted, I have not gone after
Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a
swift dromedary traversing her ways;
“How can you say, ‘I am not
defiled; I have not run after the Baals’? Look at your
behavior in the valley; acknowledge what you have done. You are a
swift young she-
camel galloping here and there,
Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his
chariots shall be as a
whirlwind: his horses are
swifter than eagles.
Woe unto us! for we are
spoiled.
Behold, he advances like the clouds, his
chariots like the
whirlwind. His horses are
swifter than eagles.
Woe to us, for we are ruined!
Yea, the
stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the
turtle and the
crane and the
swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Even the
stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The
turtledove, the
swift, and the
thrush keep their time of
migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
Let not the
swift flee away, nor the mighty man escape; they shall
stumble, and fall toward the north by the river Euphrates.
“The
swift cannot
flee, and the
warrior cannot escape! In the north by the River Euphrates they
stumble and fall.
Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
Those who
chased us were
swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and
ambushed us in the wilderness.
Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man
Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning, being caused to fly
swiftly, touched me about the time of the evening
oblation.
while I was still praying,
Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in
swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
The appearance of them is as the appearance of horses; and as
horsemen, so shall they run.
Their appearance is like that of horses, and they
gallop like
swift steeds.
Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye
recompense me,
swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre,
Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a
recompense? If you
retaliate against Me, I will
swiftly and speedily return your
recompense upon your heads.
Therefore the flight shall perish from the
swift, and the strong shall not
strengthen his force, neither shall the mighty deliver himself:
Escape will fail the swift, the strong will not prevail by his strength, and the mighty will not save his 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.
The archer will not stand his ground, the fleet of foot will not escape, and the
horseman will not save his life.
O thou inhabitant of
Lachish, bind the
chariot to the
swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of
Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
Harness your
chariot horses, O dweller of
Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of
Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
Their horses also are
swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening
wolves: and their
horsemen shall spread themselves, and their
horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.
And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a
swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against those that
oppress the
hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the LORD of hosts.
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a
swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who
defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
Their feet are swift to shed blood:
“Their feet are swift to shed blood;
Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:
My beloved brothers, understand this:
Everyone should be quick to
listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who
privily shall bring in
damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves
swift destruction.
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive
heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing
swift destruction on themselves.
O ye men, are not women strong? great is the earth, high is the heaven, swift is the sun in his course, for he compasseth the heavens round about, and fetcheth his course again to his own place in one day.
Whensoever ye shall call upon me, I will not hear you: for ye have
defiled your hands with blood, and your feet are
swift to commit
manslaughter.
And he said unto me, I will
liken my judgment unto a ring: like as there is no
slackness of the last, even so there is no
swiftness of the first.
But I have heard the swiftness of the judge which is to come.
That in him there shall arise eight kings, whose times shall be but small, and their years swift.
But look thou prepare thee many box trees, and take with thee Sarea, Dabria, Selemia, Ecanus, and Asiel, these five which are ready to write swiftly;
But deemed either fire, or wind, or the
swift air, or the circle of the stars, or the violent water, or the lights of heaven, to be the gods which
govern the world.
For while all things were in quiet silence, and that night was in the midst of her swift course,
Be
swift to hear; and let thy life be
sincere; and with
patience give answer.
By his commandment he maketh the snow to fall aplace, and sendeth swiftly the lightnings of his judgment.