Isaiah 30:16
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
“No,” you say, we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.

Young's Literal Translation
And ye say, No, for on a horse we flee? Therefore ye flee, And on the swift we ride! Therefore swift are your pursuers.

King James Bible
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.

Hebrew
“No,”
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

you say,
וַתֹּ֨אמְר֥וּ (wat·tō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“we will flee
נָנ֖וּס (nā·nūs)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

horses.”
ס֥וּס (sūs)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5483: A swallow, swift (type of bird)

Therefore
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

you will flee!
תְּנוּס֑וּן (tə·nū·sūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's 5127: To flit, vanish away

“We will ride
נִרְכָּ֔ב (nir·kāḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural
Strong's 7392: To ride, to place upon, to despatch

swift horses,”
קַ֣ל (qal)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7031: Light, swift, fleet

but your pursuers
רֹדְפֵיכֶֽם׃ (rō·ḏə·p̄ê·ḵem)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

will be faster.
יִקַּ֥לּוּ (yiq·qal·lū)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7043: To be slight, swift or trifling

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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