Leviticus 26:16

Leviticus 26:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
• New International Version (NIV)then I will do this to you: I will bring on you sudden terror, wasting diseases and fever that will destroy your sight and sap your strength. You will plant seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)then I will do this to you: I will visit you with panic, with wasting disease and fever that consume the eyes and make the heart ache. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I also will do this to you: I will even appoint terror over you, wasting disease and fever which shall consume the eyes and cause sorrow of heart. And you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

Context of Leviticus 26:16

14‘But if you do not obey Me and do not carry out all these commandments, 15if, instead, you reject My statutes, and if your soul loathes My ordinances so as not to carry out all My commandments, but rather to break My covenant, I, in turn, will do this to you: I will summon a sudden terror against you, consumption and fever that will make the eyes fail and the soul languish; also, you will sow your seed uselessly, for your enemies will eat it. 17And I will set My face against you so that you will be defeated before your enemies; and those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one is pursuing you. 18If also after these things you do not obey Me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

Leviticus 26:16 word by word

אַף־אֲנִ֞י אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־זֹּ֣את לָכֶ֗ם וְהִפְקַדְתִּ֨י עֲלֵיכֶ֤ם בֶּֽהָלָה֙ אֶת־הַשַּׁחֶ֣פֶת וְאֶת־הַקַּדַּ֔חַת מְכַלּ֥וֹת עֵינַ֖יִם וּמְדִיבֹ֣ת נָ֑פֶשׁ וּזְרַעְתֶּ֤ם לָרִיק֙ זַרְעֲכֶ֔ם וַאֲכָלֻ֖הוּ אֹיְבֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

• I, inאַף'aph · alsoH637
• will doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• summonפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: visitH6485
• suddenבֶּֽהָלָהbehâlâh · dismayH928
• againstעַל‛al · uponH5921
• you, consumptionשַׁחֶ֫פֶתshachepheth · wasting diseaseH7829
• and feverקַדַּ֫חַתqaddachath · feverH6920
• that will makeכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: destroyH3615
• the eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• failכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: destroyH3615
• soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• languishדּוּבdûb · to pineH1727
• you will sowזָרַעzâra‛ · to sowH2232
• your seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seedH2233
• for your enemiesאָיַב'âyab · be hostileH340
• will eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398

Cross-references for Leviticus 26:16

• Psalms 109:6Appoint a wicked person over him, And may an accuser stand at his right hand.
• Deuteronomy 28:65Among those nations you will find no peace, and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot; but there the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and despair of soul.
• Deuteronomy 32:25Outside the sword will make them childless, And inside, terror-- Both young man and virgin, The nursing child with the man of gray hair.
• Job 15:20The wicked person writhes in pain all his days, And the years reserved for the ruthless are numbered.
• Job 18:11All around sudden terrors frighten him, And harass him at every step.
• Job 20:25It is drawn and comes out of his back, Even the flashing point from his gallbladder; Terrors come upon him,
• Psalms 73:19How they are destroyed in a moment! They are utterly swept away by sudden terrors!
• Isaiah 7:2When it was reported to the house of David, saying, “The Arameans have taken a stand by Ephraim,” his heart and the hearts of his people shook as the trees of the forest shake from the wind.
• Jeremiah 15:8Their widows will be more numerous before Me Than the sand of the seas; I will bring against them, against the mother of a young man, A destroyer at noon; I will suddenly bring down on her Shock and horror.
• Jeremiah 20:4For this is what the Lord says: ‘Behold, I am going to make you a horror to yourself and to all your friends; and while your eyes look on, they will fall by the sword of their enemies. So I will hand all Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will take them away as exiles to Babylon and will kill them with the sword.
• Hebrews 10:31It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
• Exodus 15:26And He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and listen to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the Lord, am your healer.”
• Deuteronomy 28:21The Lord will make the plague cling to you until He has eliminated you from the land where you are entering to take possession of it.
• Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people, while your eyes look on and long for them constantly; but there will be nothing you can do.
• 1 Samuel 2:33Yet I will not cut off every man of yours from My altar, so that your eyes will fail from weeping and your soul grieve, and all the increase of your house will die in the prime of life.
• Psalms 78:33So He brought their days to an end in futility, And their years to an end in sudden terror.

Commentaries on Leviticus 26:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16I will even appoint over you terror, etc. - How dreadful is this curse! A whole train of evils are here personified and appointed to be the governors of a disobedient people. Terror is to be one of their keepers. How awful a state! to be continually under the influence of dismay, feeling indescribable evils, and fearing worse! Consumption, שחפת shachepheth, generally allowed to be some kind of atrophy or marasmus, by which the flesh was consumed, and the…Read the comment
• 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. 14-39God punishes his people to change their behavior and restore their relationship with him. He acts like a perfectly righteous and loving parent would with a disobedient child. The punishments, meant to stop rebellious behavior, gradually increase. This gives Israel a chance to repent at any time (Leviticus 26:18–28). Even when Israel faced exile from the land in 722 and 586 BC, God was working to restore them (see, for example, Isaiah 40–66; Jeremiah…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. I will even appoint over you terror--the falling sickness [Patrick]. consumption, and the burning ague--Some consider these as symptoms of the same disease--consumption followed by the shivering, burning, and sweating fits that are the usual concomitants of that malady. According to the Septuagint, "ague" is "the jaundice," which disorders the eyes and produces great depression of spirits. Others, however, consider the word as referring to a scorching…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 26:16

• Ague
• Backsliders
• Blessing
• Consumption
• Contingencies
• Disease
• Disobedience to God
• Fever
• Judgments
• Pestilence
• Punishment
• Reward
• Sin
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Ague
• Cast
• Chastise
• Enjoy
• Faintness
• Fall
• Heathen
• Jerusalem
• Rid
• Scatter

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