Leviticus 26 · Verse 42

Leviticus 26:42

Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
Leviticus 26:42, King James Version

Leviticus 26:42 in other translations

BSBthen I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.
WEBthen I will remember my covenant with Jacob, my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham; and I will remember the land.
ASVthen will I remember my covenant with Jacob; and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
YLTthen I have remembered My covenant with Jacob, and also My covenant with Isaac, and also My covenant with Abraham I remember, and the land I remember.
DARBYI will remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.
BBEThen I will keep in mind the agreement which I made with Jacob and with Isaac and with Abraham, and I will keep in mind the land.
WebsterThen will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

What does Leviticus 26:42 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 26:40-45

40-45. If they shall confess their iniquity, &c.--This passage holds out the gracious promise of divine forgiveness and favor on their repentance, and their happy restoration to their land, in memory of the covenant made with their fathers (Ro 2:1-29).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 26:40-46

Among the Israelites, persons were not always prosperous or afflicted according to their obedience or disobedience. But national prosperity was the effect of national obedience, and national judgments were brought on by national wickedness. Israel was under a peculiar covenant. National wickedness will end in the ruin of any people, especially where the word of God and the light of the gospel are enjoyed. Sooner or…

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Leviticus 26:42 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.

וְזָכַרְתִּ֖יve.za.khar.Tiand I will rememberH2142
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּרִיתִ֣יbe.ri.Ticovenant of myH1285
יַעֲק֑וֹבya.'a.KovJacobH3290
וְאַף֩ve.'Afand alsoH637
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּרִיתִ֨יbe.ri.Ticovenant of myH1285
יִצְחָ֜קyitz.ChakIsaacH3327
וְאַ֨ףve.'Afand alsoH637
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
בְּרִיתִ֧יbe.ri.Ticovenant of myH1285
אַבְרָהָ֛ם'av.ra.HamAbrahamH85
אֶזְכֹּ֖ר'ez.KorI will rememberH2142
וְהָאָ֥רֶץve.ha.'A.retzand the landH776
אֶזְכֹּֽר\׃'ez.KorI will rememberH2142

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Cross references for Leviticus 26:42

  • Exodus 2:24

    And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

  • Exodus 6:5

    And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.

  • Ezekiel 16:60

    Nevertheless I will remember my covenant with thee in the days of thy youth, and I will establish unto thee an everlasting covenant.

  • Psalms 106:45

    And he remembered for them his covenant, and repented according to the multitude of his mercies.

  • Psalms 136:23

    Who remembered us in our low estate: for his mercy endureth for ever:

  • Genesis 28:15

    And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.

  • Joel 2:18

    Then will the Lord be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

  • Ezekiel 36:1-15

    Also, thou son of man, prophesy unto the mountains of Israel, and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession: Therefore prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Because they have made you desolate, and swallowed you up on every side, that ye might be a possession unto the residue of the heathen, and ye are taken up in the lips of talkers, and are an infamy of the people: Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God; Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about; …

  • Ezekiel 36:33-34

    Thus saith the Lord God; In the day that I shall have cleansed you from all your iniquities I will also cause you to dwell in the cities, and the wastes shall be builded. And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by.

  • Genesis 26:5

    Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

  • Deuteronomy 4:31

    (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

  • Luke 1:72

    To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, and to remember his holy covenant;

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will I.
Ge 9:16; Ex 2:24; 6:5; De 4:31; Ps 106:45; Eze 16:60; Lu 1:72
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Ps 85:1,2; 136:23; Eze 36:1-15,33,34; Joe 2:18

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Context

  • Leviticus 26:41

    And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:

  • Leviticus 26:42

    Then will I remember my covenant with Jacob, and also my covenant with Isaac, and also my covenant with Abraham will I remember; and I will remember the land.

  • Leviticus 26:43

    The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.

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Leviticus 26:42 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y yo me acordaré de mi pacto con Jacob, y asimismo de mi pacto con Isaac, y también de mi pacto con Abraham me acordaré; y haré memoria de la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
je me souviendrai de mon alliance avec Jacob, et aussi de mon alliance avec Isaac, et je me souviendrai aussi de mon alliance avec Abraham, et je me souviendrai de la terre:
German
Elberfelder 1871
so werde ich meines Bundes mit Jakob gedenken; und auch meines Bundes mit Isaak und auch meines Bundes mit Abraham werde ich gedenken, und des Landes werde ich gedenken.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et recordabor fœderis mei, quod pepigi cum Jacob, et Isaac, et Abraham. Terræ quoque memor ero: