God’s Word Translation
Leviticus 26:18
18“If you still will not listen to me, I will discipline you seven times for your sins.
Leviticus 26:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘If after all this you will not listen to me, I will punish you for your sins seven times over.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And if in spite of this you will not listen to me, then I will discipline you again sevenfold for your sins,
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘And after all this, if you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
Context of Leviticus 26:18
16then this is what I will do to you: I will terrorize you with disease and fever. You will suffer from eye problems and depression. You will plant your crops and get nothing because your enemies will eat them. 17I will condemn you so that you will go down in defeat in front of your enemies. Those who hate you will be your rulers. You will run away even when no one is chasing you. “If you still will not listen to me, I will discipline you seven times for your sins. 19I will crush your arrogance. You will have no rain, and your land will be as hard as cement. 20You will work hard for nothing because your land will produce no crops and the trees will produce no fruit.
Read all of Leviticus 26Leviticus 26:18 word by word
וְאִ֨ם־עַד־אֵ֔לֶּה לֹ֥א תִשְׁמְע֖וּ לִ֑י וְיָסַפְתִּי֙ לְיַסְּרָ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֔ם שֶׁ֖בַע עַל־חַטֹּאתֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 26:18
- Leviticus 26:21“If you resist and don’t listen to me, I will increase the punishment for your sins seven times.
- 1 Samuel 2:5Those who were well-fed hire themselves out for a piece of bread, but those who were hungry hunger no more. Even the woman who was childless gives birth to seven children, but the mother of many children grieves all alone.
- Psalms 119:164Seven times a day I praise you for your righteous regulations.
- Proverbs 24:16A righteous person may fall seven times, but he gets up again. However, in a disaster wicked people fall.
- Daniel 3:19Nebuchadnezzar was so filled with anger toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego that his face turned red. He ordered that the furnace should be heated seven times hotter than normal.
Commentaries on Leviticus 26:18
- 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
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-39Verses 14-39 After God has set the blessing before them which would make them a happy people if they would be obedient, he here sets the curse before them, the evils which would make them miserable, if they were disobedient. Two things would bring ruin. 1. A contempt of God's commandments. They that reject the precept, will come at last to renounce the covenant. 2. A contempt of his corrections. If they will not learn obedience by the things they suffer…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18sevenfold: This phrase means many times (see also Leviticus 26:21, 24, 28; Genesis 4:15).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more--that is, with far more severe and protracted calamities.Read the comment
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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
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