Leviticus 26 · Verse 36

Leviticus 26:36

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.
Leviticus 26:36, King James Version

Leviticus 26:36 in other translations

BSBAs for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and fall when no one pursues them.
WEB“‘As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword. They will fall when no one pursues.
ASVAnd as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
YLT‘And those who are left of you--I have also brought a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies, and the sound of a leaf driven away hath pursued them, and they have fled--flight from a sword--and they have fallen, and there is none pursuing.
DARBYAnd as to those that remain of you — I will send faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, that the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them, and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth;
BBEAnd as for the rest of you, I will make their hearts feeble in the land of their haters, and the sound of a leaf moved by the wind will send them in flight, and they will go in flight as from the sword, falling down when no one comes after them;
WebsterAnd 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.

What does Leviticus 26:36 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 26:36 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.

וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֣יםve.ha.nish.'a.Rimand those [who] remainH7604
בָּכֶ֔םba.Khemamong <the> you
וְהֵבֵ֤אתִיve.he.Ve.tiand I will bringH935
מֹ֙רֶךְ֙mo.rekhdespairH4816
בִּלְבָבָ֔םbil.va.Vamin heart theirH3824
בְּאַרְצֹ֖תbe.'ar.Tzotin [the] land ofH776
אֹיְבֵיהֶ֑ם'o.ye.vei.Hemenemies theirH341
וְרָדַ֣ףve.ra.Dafand it will pursueH7291
אֹתָ֗ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
ק֚וֹלKol[the] sound ofH6963
עָלֶ֣ה'a.Leha leafH5929
נִדָּ֔ףni.Dafdriven aboutH5086
וְנָס֧וּve.na.Suand they will fleeH5127
מְנֻֽסַת\־me.nu.sat-a flight ofH4499
חֶ֛רֶבChe.reva swordH2719
וְנָפְל֖וּve.naf.Luand they will fallH5307
וְאֵ֥יןve.'Einand there notH369
רֹדֵֽף\׃ro.Def[is one who] pursuesH7291

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Cross references for Leviticus 26:36

  • Ezekiel 21:7

    And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God.

  • Isaiah 30:17

    One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.

  • 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.

  • Ezekiel 21:15

    I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

  • Joshua 2:9-11

    And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you. For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.

  • Proverbs 28:1

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

  • 2 Chronicles 14:14

    And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the Lord came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.

  • Ezekiel 21:12

    Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.

  • Job 15:21-22

    A dreadful sound is in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him. He believeth not that he shall return out of darkness, and he is waited for of the sword.

  • Isaiah 7:2

    And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.

  • 2 Kings 7:6-7

    For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us. Wherefore they arose and fled in the twilight, and left their tents, and their horses, and their asses, even the camp as it was, and fled for their life.

  • Deuteronomy 28:65-67

    And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind: And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life: In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

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I will send.
Ge 35:5; De 28:65-67; Jos 2:9-11; 5:1; 1Sa 17:24; 2Ki 7:6,7
2Ch 14:14; Job 15:21,22; Isa 7:2,4; Eze 21:7,12,15
and the.
7,8,17; De 1:44; Job 15:21; Pr 28:1; Isa 30:17
shaken. Heb. driven.

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Context

  • Leviticus 26:35

    As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

  • Leviticus 26:36

    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.

  • Leviticus 26:37

    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.

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Leviticus 26:36 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y á los que quedaren de vosotros infundiré en sus corazones tal cobardía, en la tierra de sus enemigos, que el sonido de una hoja movida los perseguirá, y huirán como de cuchillo, y caerán sin que nadie los persiga:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et quant à ceux qui demeureront de reste d’entre vous, je ferai venir la lâcheté dans leur cœur, dans les pays de leurs ennemis, et le bruit d’une feuille emportée par le vent les poursuivra, et ils fuiront comme on fuit l’épée, et tomberont sans que personne les poursuive;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Übriggebliebenen von euch, in ihr Herz werde ich Feigheit bringen in den Ländern ihrer Feinde: Und es wird sie jagen das Rauschen eines verwehten Blattes, und sie werden fliehen, wie man vor dem Schwerte flieht, und fallen, obwohl niemand sie jagt;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et qui de vobis remanserint, dabo pavorem in cordibus eorum in regionibus hostium, terrebit eos sonitus folii volantis, et ita fugient quasi gladium: cadent, nullo persequente,