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

5Your basket and your mixing bowl will be blessed. 6You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out. The Lord will cause your enemies who attack you to be struck down before you; they will attack you from one direction but flee from you in seven different directions. 8The Lord will decree blessing for you with respect to your barns and in everything you do – yes, he will bless you in the land he is giving you. 9The Lord will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey 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 28:25“The Lord will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
• Deuteronomy 32:30How can one man chase a thousand of them, and two pursue ten thousand; unless their Rock had delivered them up, and the Lord had handed them over?
• Leviticus 26:7You will pursue your enemies and they will fall before you by the sword.
• 2 Samuel 22:38I chase my enemies and destroy them; I do not turn back until I wipe them out.
• Psalms 89:23I will crush his enemies before him; I will strike down those who hate him.
• Joshua 8:22At the same time the men who had taken the city came out to fight, and the men of Ai were trapped in the middle. The Israelites struck them down, leaving no survivors or refugees.
• Joshua 10:10The Lord routed them before Israel. Israel thoroughly defeated them at Gibeon. They chased them up the road to the pass of Beth Horon and struck them down all the way to Azekah and Makkedah.
• 1 Samuel 7:3Samuel said to all the people of Israel, “If you are really turning to the Lord with all your hearts, remove from among you the foreign gods and the images of Ashtoreth. Give your hearts to the Lord and serve only him. Then he will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
• 2 Chronicles 14:2(14:1) Asa did what the Lord his God desired and approved.
• 2 Chronicles 19:4Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem. He went out among the people from Beer Sheba to the hill country of Ephraim and encouraged them to follow the Lord God of their ancestors.
• 2 Chronicles 20:22When they began to shout and praise, the Lord suddenly attacked the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.
• 2 Chronicles 31:20This is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what the Lord his God considered good and right and faithful.
• 2 Chronicles 32:21The Lord sent a messenger and he wiped out all the soldiers, princes, and officers in the army of the king of Assyria. So Sennacherib returned home humiliated. When he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.

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