Deuteronomy 28:7

Deuteronomy 28:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you. They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“The Lord will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before your face; they shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.

Context of Deuteronomy 28:7

5God will bless you with lots of grain to make bread. 6God will bless you in your homes and when you go outside. When your enemies attack you, the Lord will knock them down. They will come from one direction to attack you, but they will run away from you in seven different directions! 8The Lord will bless you with lots of food to store. He will bless all the work that you do. He will bless you very much in the land that he is giving to you. 9The Lord will continue to help you as his special people, as he has promised to do. But you must obey his commands. You must live in a way that pleases him.

Deuteronomy 28:7 word by word

יִתֵּ֨ן יְהוָ֤ה אֶת־אֹיְבֶ֙יךָ֙ הַקָּמִ֣ים עָלֶ֔יךָ נִגָּפִ֖ים לְפָנֶ֑יךָ בְּדֶ֤רֶךְ אֶחָד֙ יֵצְא֣וּ אֵלֶ֔יךָ וּבְשִׁבְעָ֥ה דְרָכִ֖ים יָנ֥וּסוּ לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• shall causeנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• thine enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• that rise upקוּםqûm · to arise: attackH6965
• against thee to be smittenנָגַףnâgaph · to strikeH5062
• before thy faceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• they shall come outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• against thee oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
• and fleeנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
• thee sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:7

• Deuteronomy 28:25The Lord will let your enemies knock you down. You will attack them from one direction, but you will run away from them in seven directions. When the people of other nations see what has happened to you, they will see it is a terrible thing.
• Deuteronomy 32:30One man can chase away 1,000 of my people! Two men can chase away 10,000 of them! How can that happen? God, their strong Rock, has left them. The Lord has given their enemies power over them.
• Leviticus 26:7Israel's enemies will run away from them. They will kill their enemies.
• 2 Samuel 22:38I ran after my enemies and I destroyed them. I did not turn back until I had killed them.
• Psalms 89:23I will destroy his enemies in front of him I will kill those who hate him.
• Joshua 8:22Now the Israelites who had gone into the city also came out to fight. So the men of Ai were in between the two groups of Israelite soldiers. The Israelites killed all the men of Ai.
• Joshua 10:10The Lord caused the Amorites to become confused when they saw the Israelite army. So the Israelites won a great battle there at Gibeon. They chased their enemies along the road to Beth Horon. They continued to kill the Amorite soldiers as far as Azekah and Makkedah.
• 1 Samuel 7:3Then Samuel said to all the Israelite people, ‘If you truly want to turn back to the Lord, you must show that you mean it. You must remove all your foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. You must give your lives completely to the Lord. You must worship only the Lord. If you do that, he will save you from the power of the Philistines.’
• 2 Chronicles 14:2Asa did things that pleased the Lord his God.
• 2 Chronicles 19:4King Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. He also travelled around the country to meet people. He went everywhere, from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim. He warned the people to turn back to the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
• 2 Chronicles 20:22As the musicians began to sing, the Lord suddenly made the soldiers of Judah's enemies confused.
• 2 Chronicles 31:20Those are the things that King Hezekiah did everywhere in Judah. He did what was good and right to please the Lord his God.
• 2 Chronicles 32:21The Lord God sent an angel to destroy Assyria's army. The angel killed all the soldiers and the army officers in their camp. So the king of Assyria had to return home to his own country. He was very ashamed. He went into the temple of his god. There some of his own sons used their swords to kill him.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7The Lord shall cause thine enemies, etc. - This is a promise of security from foreign invasion, or total discomfiture of the invaders, should they enter the land. They shall come against thee one way - in the firmest and most united manner. And flee seven ways - shall be utterly broken, confounded, and finally routed.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-14Verses 1-14 A comparison of this chapter with Exodus 23:20-23 and Deuteronomy 28:5 The “basket” or bag was a customary means in the East for carrying about whatever might be needed for personal uses (compare Deuteronomy 26:2; John 13:29). The “store” is rather the kneading-trough Exodus 8:3; Exodus 12:34. The blessings here promised relate, it will be observed, to private and personal life: in Deuteronomy 28:7 those which are of a more public and national…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7In the Bible, the number seven often shows fullness or completion. In this passage, it means that Israel’s enemies would be completely removed from the land (see study note on Deuteronomy 2:34).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. flee before thee seven ways--that is, in various directions, as always happens in a rout.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 28:7

• Blessing
• Obedience
• Righteous

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28

• 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