New English Translation
Leviticus 26:18
18“‘If, in spite of all these things, you do not obey me, I will discipline you seven times more on account of 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
16I for my part will do this to you: I will inflict horror on you, consumption and fever, which diminish eyesight and drain away the vitality of life. You will sow your seed in vain because your enemies will eat it. 17I will set my face against you. You will be struck down before your enemies, those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when there is no one pursuing you. “‘If, in spite of all these things, you do not obey me, I will discipline you seven times more on account of your sins. 19I will break your strong pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze. 20Your strength will be used up in vain, your land will not give its yield, and the trees of the land will not produce their 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
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Cross-references for Leviticus 26:18
- Leviticus 26:21“‘If you walk in hostility against me and are not willing to obey me, I will increase your affliction seven times according to your sins.
- 1 Samuel 2:5Those who are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman gives birth to seven, but the one with many children withers away.
- Psalms 119:164Seven times a day I praise you because of your just regulations.
- Proverbs 24:16Although a righteous person may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked will be brought down by calamity.
- Daniel 3:19Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage, and his disposition changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He gave orders to heat the furnace seven times hotter than it was normally heated.
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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