Leviticus 26 · Verse 18

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.
Leviticus 26:18, King James Version

Leviticus 26:18 in other translations

BSBAnd if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
WEB“‘If you in spite of these things will not listen to me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
ASVAnd if ye will not yet for these things hearken unto me, then I will chastise you seven times more for your sins.
YLT‘And if unto these ye hearken not to Me, --then I have added to chastise you seven times for your sins;
DARBYAnd if for this ye hearken not unto me, I will punish you sevenfold more for your sins,
BBEAnd if, even after these things, you will not give ear to me, then I will send you punishment seven times more for your sins.
WebsterAnd if ye will not yet for all this hearken to me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

What does Leviticus 26:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

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 26:18 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.

וְאִ֨ם\־ve.'Im-and ifH518
עַד\־'ad-up toH5704
אֵ֔לֶּה'E.lehthese [things]H428
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
תִשְׁמְע֖וּtish.me.'Uyou will listenH8085
לִ֑יLito <the> me
וְיָסַפְתִּי֙ve.ya.saf.Tiand I will repeatH3254
לְיַסְּרָ֣הle.ya.se.Rahto disciplineH3256
אֶתְכֶ֔ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
שֶׁ֖בַעShe.va'sevenfoldH7651
עַל\־'al-onH5921
חַטֹּאתֵיכֶֽם\׃cha.to.tei.Khemsins yourH2403

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 26:18

  • Leviticus 26:21

    And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins.

  • 1 Samuel 2:5

    They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

  • Leviticus 26:28

    Then I will walk contrary unto you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.

  • Leviticus 26:24

    Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.

  • Daniel 3:19

    Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

  • Psalms 119:164

    Seven times a day do I praise thee because of thy righteous judgments.

  • Proverbs 24:16

    For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
seven times.
21,24,28; 1Sa 2:5; Ps 119:164; Pr 24:16; Da 3:19

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • Leviticus 26:19

    And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

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Leviticus 26:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y si aun con esas cosas no me oyereis, yo tornaré á castigaros siete veces más por vuestros pecados.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et si, après cela encore, vous ne m’écoutez pas, je vous châtierai encore sept fois plus à cause de vos péchés;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und wenn ihr auf dieses hin mir nicht gehorchet, so werde ich euch siebenmal mehr züchtigen wegen eurer Sünden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Sin autem nec sic obedieritis mihi, addam correptiones vestras septuplum propter peccata vestra,