KJV King James Version
Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
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Leviticus 26:24
Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.
WEB World English Bible
then I will also walk contrary to you; and I will strike you, even I, seven times for your sins.
ASV American Standard Version
then will I also walk contrary unto you; and I will smite you, even I, seven times for your sins.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
then I have walked—I also—with you in opposition, and have smitten you, even I, seven times for your sins;
Surrounding context — 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.
22 I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your [high] ways shall be desolate.
23 And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;
24 Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
25 And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of [my] covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.
26 [And] when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver [you] your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
27 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me;
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהָלַכְתִּ֧יH1980 · ha.lakhto go: wentאַף־H637 · aphalsoאֲנִ֛יH589 · a.niIעִמָּכֶ֖םH5973 · imwithבְּקֶ֑רִיH7147 · qe.rihostilityוְהִכֵּיתִ֤יH5221 · na.khahto smiteאֶתְכֶם֙H853 · et[Obj.]גַּם־H1571 · gamalsoאָ֔נִיH589 · a.niIשֶׁ֖בַעH7651 · she.vasevenעַל־H5921 · aluponחַטֹּאתֵיכֶֽם׃H2403 · chat.ta.ahsin
Cross-references
Psalm 18:26With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.2 Samuel 22:27With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.Job 9:4[He is] wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened [himself] against him, and hath prospered?Isaiah 63:10But they rebelled, and vexed his holy Spirit: therefore he was turned to be their enemy, [and] he fought against them.
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