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Leviticus 26:18
18“If you, in spite of these things, will not listen to Me, then I will chastise you seven times more 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 I will do the following to you in return. I will appoint terror over you, wasting disease and fever that will dim the eyes and cause the soul to pine away. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it. 17I will set My face against you and you will be routed before your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you. “If you, in spite of these things, will not listen to Me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins. 19I will break your pride of power. I will make your sky like iron and your earth like bronze. 20Also your strength will be spent in vain, for your land will not yield its increase, nor will the trees of the land yield 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 26:18
- Leviticus 26:21“If you keep walking contrary to Me and will not listen to Me, then I will multiply the plagues on you seven times like your sins.
- 1 Samuel 2:5Those full hire themselves for bread, but those starving hunger no more. Even the barren gives birth to seven, but she with many sons languishes.
- Psalms 119:164Seven times a day I praise You, because of Your righteous judgments.
- Proverbs 24:16For though the righteous one may fall seven times, he gets up again, but the wicked stumble in adversity.
- Daniel 3:19Then Nebuchadnezzar was filled with rage and the appearance of his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach and Abed-nego. He ordered the furnace to be heated 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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