Deuteronomy 28:7 “The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated…”

Deuteronomy 28:7

The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

World English Bible

The LORD will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you. They will come out against you one way, and will flee before you seven ways.

American Standard Version

Jehovah will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee: they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways.

Geneva Bible 1599

The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise against thee, to fall before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee leuen wayes.

Darby Translation

Jehovah will give up, smitten before thee, thine enemies that rise up against thee; they shall come out against thee one way, and by seven ways shall they flee before thee.

Young's Literal Translation

'Jehovah giveth thine enemies, who are rising up against thee — smitten before thy face; in one way they come out unto thee, and in seven ways they flee before thee.

Bible in Basic English

By the power of the Lord, those who take arms against you will be overcome before you: they will come out against you one way, and will go in flight from you seven ways.

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Cross references

“shall cause”

2 Samuel 22:38–41 Psalm 89:23 Deuteronomy 28:25 Deuteronomy 32:30 Leviticus 26:7 Leviticus 26:8

2 Samuel 22:38–41 · BSB

I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.

Psalm 89:23 · BSB

I will crush his foes before him and strike down those who hate him.

Deuteronomy 28:25 · BSB

The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Deuteronomy 32:30 · BSB

How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

Leviticus 26:7 · BSB

You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you.

Leviticus 26:8 · BSB

Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.

“flee before”

Joshua 8:22 2 Chronicles 19:4 Joshua 10:42 2 Chronicles 14:2–6 2 Chronicles 14:9–15 2 Chronicles 20:22–25

Joshua 8:22 · BSB

Meanwhile, those in the ambush came out of the city against them, and the men of Ai were trapped between the Israelite forces on both sides. So Israel struck them down until no survivor or fugitive remained.

2 Chronicles 19:4 · BSB

Jehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and once again he went out among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

Joshua 10:42 · BSB

And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.

2 Chronicles 14:2–6 · BSB

And Asa did what was good and right in the eyes of the LORD his God.

2 Chronicles 14:9–15 · BSB

Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.

2 Chronicles 20:22–25 · BSB

The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.

8The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.

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