Leviticus 26:37 “They will stumble over one another as before the sword, though no one…”

Leviticus 26:37

They will stumble over one another as before the sword, though no one is behind them. So you will not be able to stand against your enemies.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

They will stumble over one another, as it were before the sword, when no one pursues. You will have no power to stand before your enemies.

American Standard Version

And they shall stumble one upon another, as it were before the sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

Geneva Bible 1599

They shall fall also one vpon another, as before a sword, though none pursue them, and ye shall not be able to stand before your enemies:

Darby Translation

and they shall stumble one over another, as it were before a sword, when none pursueth; and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.

Young's Literal Translation

And they have stumbled one on another, as from the face of a sword, and there is none pursuing, and ye have no standing before your enemies,

Bible in Basic English

Falling on one another, as before the sword, when no one comes after them; you will give way before your haters.

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Cross references

“they shall”

Judges 7:22 Isaiah 10:4 Jeremiah 37:10 1 Samuel 14:15 1 Samuel 14:16

Judges 7:22 · BSB

And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.

Isaiah 10:4 · BSB

Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.

Jeremiah 37:10 · BSB

Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”

1 Samuel 14:15 · BSB

Then panic struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked, and panic spread from God.

1 Samuel 14:16 · BSB

Now when Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in Benjamin looked and saw the troops melting away and scattering in every direction,

“and ye shall”

Judges 2:14 Numbers 14:42 Joshua 7:12 Joshua 7:13

Judges 2:14 · BSB

Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.

Numbers 14:42 · BSB

Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you.

Joshua 7:12 · BSB

This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you r…

Joshua 7:13 · BSB

Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against yo…

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

In context

36As 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.

38You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you.

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