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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.

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KJV King James Version

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.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

As 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 World English Bible

“‘As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword; and they will fall when no one pursues.

ASV American Standard Version

And 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 Young’s Literal Translation

‘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.

Surrounding context — Leviticus 26

33 And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye [be] in your enemies’ land; [even] then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.

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

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.

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.

38 And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

39 And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies’ lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.

וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֣יםH7604 · sha.arto remain בָּכֶ֔םH9036 · khemyou וְהֵבֵ֤אתִיH935 · boto come (in): come מֹ֙רֶךְ֙H4816 · mo.rekhweakness בִּלְבָבָ֔םH3824 · le.vavheart בְּאַרְצֹ֖תH776 · e.retsland: country/planet אֹיְבֵיהֶ֑םH341 · o.yevenemy וְרָדַ֣ףH7291 · ra.daphto pursue אֹתָ֗םH853 · et[Obj.]ק֚וֹלH6963 · qolvoice עָלֶ֣הH5929 · a.lehleaf נִדָּ֔ףH5086 · na.daphto drive וְנָס֧וּH5127 · nusto flee מְנֻֽסַת־H4499 · me.nu.sahfugitive חֶ֛רֶבH2719 · che.revsword וְנָפְל֖וּH5307 · na.phalto fall: fall וְאֵ֥יןH369 · a.yinnothing רֹדֵֽף׃H7291 · ra.daphto pursue

Cross-references

Ezekiel 21:7And 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 30:17One 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 26:17And 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.Deuteronomy 28:65-67And 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:2 Chronicles 14:14And 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 21:12Cry 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.Proverbs 28:1The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion.2 Kings 7:6-7For 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.Isaiah 7:4And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah.Ezekiel 21:15I 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 5:1And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which [were] on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which [were] by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.Joshua 2:9-11And 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.1 Samuel 17:24And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, fled from him, and were sore afraid.Isaiah 7:2And 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.Job 15:21-22A dreadful sound [is] in his ears: in prosperity the destroyer shall come upon him.Genesis 35:5And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that [were] round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.Leviticus 26:7-8And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.Deuteronomy 1:44And the Amorites, which dwelt in that mountain, came out against you, and chased you, as bees do, and destroyed you in Seir, [even] unto Hormah.

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