Joel 2:7
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They shall run like valiant men: like men of war they shall scale the wall: the men shall march every one on his way, and they shall not turn aside from their ranks.

They shall run.

2 Samuel 1:23 Saul and Jonathan, lovely, and comely in their life, even in death they were not divided: they were swifter than eagles, stronger than lions.

2 Samuel 2:18,19 And there were the three sons of Sarvia there, Joab, and Abisai, and Asael: now Asael was a most swift runner, like one of the roes that abide in the woods. . . .

Psalm 19:5 He hath set his tabernacle in the sun: and he as a bridegroom coming out of his bridechamber, Hath rejoiced as a giant to run the way:

Isaiah 5:26-29 And he will lift up a sign to the nations afar off, and will whistle to them from the ends of the earth: and behold they shall come with speed swiftly. . . .

climb.

Joel 2:9 They shall enter into the city: they shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up the houses, they shall come in at the windows, as a thief.

2 Samuel 5:8 For David had offered that day a reward to whosoever should strike the Jebusites and get up to the gutters of the tops of the houses, and take away the blind and the lame that hated the soul of David: therefore it is said in the proverb: The blind and the lame shall not come into the temple.

Jeremiah 5:10 Scale the walls thereof, and throw them down, but do not utterly destroy: take away the branches thereof, because they are not the Lord's.

they shall march.

Proverbs 30:27 The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands:

Context
The Army of Locusts
6At their presence the people shall be in grievous pains: all faces shall be made like a kettle. 7They shall run like valiant men: like men of war they shall scale the wall: the men shall march every one on his way, and they shall not turn aside from their ranks.8No one shall press upon his brother: they shall walk every one in his path: yea, and they shall fall through the windows, and shall take no harm.…
Cross References
Job 16:14
He hath torn me with wound upon wound, he hath rushed in upon me like a giant.

Proverbs 30:27
The locust hath no king, yet they all go out by their bands:

Isaiah 5:27
There is none that shall faint, nor labour among them: they shall not slumber nor sleep, neither shall the girdle of their loins be loosed, nor the latchet of their shoes be broken.

Joel 2:8
No one shall press upon his brother: they shall walk every one in his path: yea, and they shall fall through the windows, and shall take no harm.

Lexicon
They charge
יְרֻצ֔וּן (yə·ru·ṣūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 7323: To run

like mighty men;
כְּגִבּוֹרִ֣ים (kə·ḡib·bō·w·rîm)
Preposition-k | Adjective - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1368: Powerful, warrior, tyrant

they scale
יַעֲל֣וּ (ya·‘ă·lū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

walls
חוֹמָ֑ה (ḥō·w·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2346: A wall of protection

like men
כְּאַנְשֵׁ֥י (kə·’an·šê)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of war.
מִלְחָמָ֖ה (mil·ḥā·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4421: A battle, war

Each one
וְאִ֤ישׁ (wə·’îš)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

marches
יֵֽלֵכ֔וּן (yê·lê·ḵūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk

in formation,
בִּדְרָכָיו֙ (biḏ·rā·ḵāw)
Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action

not
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

swerving
יְעַבְּט֖וּן (yə·‘ab·bə·ṭūn)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 5670: To pawn, to lend, to entangle

from the course.
אֹרְחוֹתָֽם׃ (’ō·rə·ḥō·w·ṯām)
Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 734: A well-trodden road, a caravan


Additional Translations
They charge like mighty men; they scale walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from their course.They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:

They run like mighty men; they climb the wall like men of war; and they march every one on his ways, and they break not their ranks.

As warriors shall they run, and as men of war shall they mount on the walls; and each shall move in his right path, and they shall not turn aside from their tracks:

They run like mighty men; they climb the wall like men of war; and they march every one on his ways, and break not their ranks.

They run like mighty men; they climb the wall like men of war; and they march every one on his ways, and they break not their ranks.

They shall run like mighty men; they shall climb the wall like men of war; and they shall march every one on his ways, and they shall not break their ranks:

They run like mighty men. They climb the wall like warriors. They each march in his line, and they don't swerve off course.

As mighty ones they run, As men of war they go up a wall, And each in his own ways they do go, And they embarrass not their paths.
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