Leviticus 26:7

Leviticus 26:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
• New International Version (NIV)You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You will chase your enemies, and they shall fall by the sword before you.

Context of Leviticus 26:7

5And your threshing season will last until grape gathering and the grape gathering [time] will last until planting, and you will eat your bread and be filled and live securely in your land. 6I will also grant peace in the land, so that you may lie down and there will be no one to make you afraid. I will also eliminate harmful animals from the land, and no sword will pass through your land. And you will chase your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword. 8Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will put ten thousand to flight; your enemies will fall before you by the sword. 9For I will turn toward you [with favor and regard] and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish and confirm My covenant with you.

Leviticus 26:7 word by word

וּרְדַפְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־אֹיְבֵיכֶ֑ם וְנָפְל֥וּ לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם לֶחָֽרֶבRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And ye shall chaseרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• your enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• and they shall fallנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• you by the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719

Commentaries on Leviticus 26:7

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3-45Verses 3-45 As “the book of the covenant” Exodus 23:20-33, so does this collection of laws contained in the Book of Leviticus. But the former passage relates to the conquest of the land of promise, this one to the subsequent history of the nation. The longer similar passage in Deuteronomy Leviticus 26:4 Rain in due season - The periodical rains, on which the fertility of the holy land so much depends, are here spoken of. There are two wet seasons, called…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Success in war would come from obeying God's commands (compare Leviticus 26:17, 36–37; Deuteronomy 28:6, 19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-133. If ye walk in my statutes--In that covenant into which God graciously entered with the people of Israel, He promised to bestow upon them a variety of blessings, so long as they continued obedient to Him as their Almighty Ruler; and in their subsequent history that people found every promise amply fulfilled, in the enjoyment of plenty, peace, a populous country, and victory over all enemies.Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 26:7

• Blessing
• Contingencies
• Courage
• Obedience
• Reward

In the dictionaries

• Cast
• Chase
• Chastise
• Enjoy
• Faintness
• Fall
• Rid
• Scatter
• Sword
• Agrarian Laws

Commentaries on Leviticus 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings