Jer 46:6 | NETfull | STEP | But even the swiftest cannot get away. Even the strongest cannot escape. There in the north by the Euphrates River they stumble and fall in defeat.

Jeremiah 46:6

6 But even the swiftest cannot get away.
Even the strongest cannot escape. ^{▼▼ The translation assumes that the adjectives with the article are functioning as superlatives in this context (cf. GKC 431 #133.g). It also assumes that אַל (’al) with the jussive is expressing here an emphatic negative rather than a negative wish (cf. GKC 317 #107.p and compare the usage in Ps 50:3).}
There in the north by the Euphrates River
they stumble and fall in defeat. ^{▼▼ Heb “they stumble and fall.” However, the verbs here are used of a fatal fall, of a violent death in battle (see BDB 657 s.v. נָפַל Qal.2.a), and a literal translation might not be understood by some readers.}