Leviticus 26:37

Leviticus 26:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
• New International Version (NIV)They will stumble over one another as though fleeing from the sword, even though no one is pursuing them. So you will not be able to stand before your enemies.
• English Standard Version (ESV)They shall stumble over one another, as if to escape a sword, though none pursues. And you shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
• New King James Version (NKJV)They shall stumble over one another, as it were before a sword, when no one pursues; and you shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

Context of Leviticus 26:37

35As long as it lies desolate it will have rest, that rest which it did not have from your Shabbatot, when you lived on it. 36“As for those who remain, I will bring weakness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that the sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as one flees from the sword and fall, even when no one is pursuing. They will stumble over one another, as if before the sword, when no one pursues, and you will have no strength to stand before your enemies. 38You will perish among the nations and the land of your enemies will devour you. 39Those of you who are left in the land of your enemies will rot away because of their iniquity, and because of the iniquities of their fathers they will rot away with them.

Leviticus 26:37 word by word

וְכָשְׁל֧וּ אִישׁ־בְּאָחִ֛יו כְּמִפְּנֵי־חֶ֖רֶב וְרֹדֵ֣ף אָ֑יִן וְלֹא־תִֽהְיֶ֤ה לָכֶם֙ תְּקוּמָ֔ה לִפְנֵ֖י אֹֽיְבֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they shall fallכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782
• oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• upon anotherאָח'âch · brother: compatriotH251
• as it were beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• a swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• when none pursuethרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
• and ye shall have no power to standתְּקוּמָהteqûmâh · standingH8617
• your enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341

Cross-references for Leviticus 26:37

• Judges 7:22Now when they blew the 300 shofarot, Adonai set every man’s sword against his fellow throughout the entire army. So the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
• 1 Samuel 14:15Terror then spread through the camp, in the field, and among all the troops. Even the outposts and the raiders also trembled, when the earth quaked—it was a trembling from God.
• Isaiah 10:4One can only crouch among the captives or collapse among the slain. For all this His anger is not turned away, yet His hand is still outstretched.
• Jeremiah 37:10For even if you had struck down the entire Chaldean army fighting against you, and there were left among them only wounded men, each in his tent, they would get up and burn this city down with fire.”
• Numbers 14:42You should not go up, because Adonai will not be among you and you will be defeated before your enemies!
• Joshua 7:12So Bnei-Yisrael cannot stand before their enemies. So they turn their necks before their enemies, because they have come under the ban. I will not be with you any more unless you destroy whatever is under the ban from among you.
• Judges 2:14So the anger of Adonai burned against Israel, and He gave them over to the hands of plunderers who plundered them, and He sold them over into the hand of their enemies around them, so that they could no longer stand up before their enemies.

Commentaries on Leviticus 26:37

• 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. 36-39Disastrous defeat and captivity later came upon both Israel and Judah (see study notes on Leviticus 18:28; 26:14–39).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-3914-15. But if ye will not hearken unto me, &c.--In proportion to the great and manifold privileges bestowed upon the Israelites would be the extent of their national criminality and the severity of their national punishments if they disobeyed.Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 26:37

• Backsliders
• Blessing
• Covenant
• Cowardice
• Disobedience to God
• Judgments
• Punishment
• Reward
• Sabbatic Year
• Sin
• War
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

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

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