Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“The Lord shall cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you; they will come out against you one way and will flee before you seven ways.

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.

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

"The LORD will make your enemies, who rise against you and attack from one direction, to flee from you in seven directions.

A Conservative Version

LORD 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.

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.

Amplified

“The Lord will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you; they will come out against you one way, but flee before you seven ways.

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.

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.

Julia Smith Translation

Jehovah will give thine enemies rising up against thee smitten before thy face; in one way shall they come forth against thee, and in seven ways shall they flee before thy face.

King James 2000

The LORD shall cause your enemies that rise up against you to be defeated before your face: they shall come out against you one way, and flee before you seven ways.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Yahweh will cause your enemies {who rise up against you to be defeated before you}; on one road they shall come out [against] you, but on seven roads they shall flee {before you}.

Modern King James verseion

Jehovah shall cause your enemies that rise up against you to be stricken before your face. They shall come out against you one way, and flee before you seven ways.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The LORD shall smite thine enemies that rise against thee before thy face. They shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.

NET Bible

The Lord will cause your enemies who attack you to be struck down before you; they will attack you from one direction but flee from you in seven different directions.

New Heart 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.

The Emphasized Bible

Yahweh will deliver thine enemies who rise up against thee, to be routed before thee, - one way, shall they come out against thee, and seven ways, shall they flee before thee:

Webster

The LORD shall cause thy 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

Yahweh 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.

Youngs 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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
נתן 
Nathan 
Usage: 2011

אויב איב 
'oyeb 
Usage: 272

that rise up
קוּם 
Quwm 
Usage: 629

נגף 
Nagaph 
Usage: 49

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

אחד 
'echad 
Usage: 432

way
דּרך 
Derek 
Usage: 704

and flee
נוּס 
Nuwc 
Usage: 160

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

שׁבעה שׁבע 
Sheba` 
Usage: 395

References

Hastings

Context Readings

Blessings And Curses

6 Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out. 7 “The Lord shall cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you; they will come out against you one way and will flee before you seven ways. 8 The LORD will command the blessing on you in your barns and in all that you undertake. And he will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

Cross References

Leviticus 26:7-8

You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

Deuteronomy 28:25

"The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. And you shall be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

2 Samuel 22:38-41

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

Deuteronomy 32:30

How could one have chased a thousand, and two have put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had given them up?

Joshua 8:22

And the others came out from the city against them, so they were in the midst of Israel, some on this side, and some on that side. And Israel struck them down, until there was left none that survived or escaped.

Joshua 10:10-11

And the LORD threw them into a panic before Israel, who struck them with a great blow at Gibeon and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth-horon and struck them as far as Azekah and Makkedah.

Joshua 10:42

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

1 Samuel 7:3-4

And Samuel said to all the house of Israel, "If you are returning to the LORD with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and direct your heart to the LORDand serve him only, and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines."

1 Samuel 7:10-11

As Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to attack Israel. But the LORD thundered with a mighty sound that day against the Philistines and threw them into confusion, and they were routed before Israel.

2 Chronicles 14:2-6

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

2 Chronicles 14:9-15

Zerah the Ethiopian came out against them with an army of a million men and 300 chariots, and came as far as Mareshah.

2 Chronicles 19:4

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

2 Chronicles 20:22-25

And when they began to sing and praise, the LORD set an ambush against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah, so that they were routed.

2 Chronicles 31:20-21

Thus Hezekiah did throughout all Judah, and he did what was good and right and faithful before the LORD his God.

2 Chronicles 32:21-22

And the LORD sent an angel, who cut off all the mighty warriors and commanders and officers in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he returned with shame of face to his own land. And when he came into the house of his god, some of his own sons struck him down there with the sword.

Psalm 89:23

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

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