Leviticus 26 · Verse 17

Leviticus 26:17

And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
Leviticus 26:17, King James Version

Leviticus 26:17 in other translations

BSBAnd I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
WEBI will set my face against you, and you will be struck before your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you; and you will flee when no one pursues you.
ASVAnd I will set my face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies: they that hate you shall rule over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
YLTand I have set My face against you, and ye have been smitten before your enemies; and those hating you have ruled over you, and ye have fled, and there is none pursuing you.
DARBYAnd I will set my face against you, that ye may be routed before your enemies; they that hate you shall have dominion over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
BBEAnd my face will be turned from you, and you will be broken before those who are against you, and your haters will become your rulers, and you will go in flight when no man comes after you.
WebsterAnd I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you, and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

What does Leviticus 26:17 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 26:14-39

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…

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Leviticus 26:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְנָתַתִּ֤יve.na.ta.Tiand I will setH5414
פָנַי֙fa.Naiface myH6440
בָּכֶ֔םba.Khemon <the> you
וְנִגַּפְתֶּ֖םve.ni.gaf.Temand you will be defeatedH5062
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
אֹיְבֵיכֶ֑ם'o.ye.vei.Khemenemies yourH341
וְרָד֤וּve.ra.Duand they will ruleH7287
בָכֶם֙va.Khemover <the> you
שֹֽׂנְאֵיכֶ֔םso.ne.'ei.Khem[those who] hate youH8130
וְנַסְתֶּ֖םve.nas.Temand you will fleeH5127
וְאֵין\־ve.'ein-and there notH369
רֹדֵ֥ףro.Def[is one who] pursuesH7291
אֶתְכֶֽם\׃\ \ס'et.Khem<obj.> youH853

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Cross references for Leviticus 26:17

  • Leviticus 17:10

    And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people.

  • Deuteronomy 28:25

    The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Leviticus 26:36-37

    And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. 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.

  • Proverbs 28:1

    The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.

  • Psalms 53:5

    There were they in great fear, where no fear was: for God hath scattered the bones of him that encampeth against thee: thou hast put them to shame, because God hath despised them.

  • Judges 2:14

    And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.

  • Psalms 106:41-42

    And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and they that hated them ruled over them. Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.

  • 1 Samuel 31:1

    Now the Philistines fought against Israel: and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa.

  • Jeremiah 19:7

    And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

  • Psalms 68:1-2

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of David. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

  • Leviticus 20:5-6

    Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

  • 1 Samuel 4:10

    And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
set.
17:10; 20:5,6; Ps 68:1,2
ye shall be.
De 28:25; Jud 2:14; 1Sa 4:10; 31:1; Ne 9:27-30; Ps 106:41,42
Jer 19:7; La 1:5
shall flee.
36; Ps 53:5; Pr 28:1

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Context

  • Leviticus 26:16

    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.

  • Leviticus 26:17

    And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.

  • Leviticus 26:18

    And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

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Leviticus 26:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y pondré mi ira sobre vosotros, y seréis heridos delante de vuestros enemigos; y los que os aborrecen se enseñorearán de vosotros, y huiréis sin que haya quien os persiga.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et je tournerai ma face contre vous: vous serez battus devant vos ennemis; ceux qui vous haïssent domineront sur vous; et vous fuirez sans que personne vous poursuive.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und ich werde mein Angesicht wider euch richten, daß ihr vor euren Feinden geschlagen werdet; und eure Hasser werden über euch herrschen, und ihr werdet fliehen, obwohl niemand euch jagt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ponam faciem meam contra vos, et corruetis coram hostibus vestris, et subjiciemini his qui oderunt vos: fugietis, nemine persequente.