Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.
New American Standard Bible
I will
King James Version
And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
Holman Bible
I will reduce your cities to ruins and devastate your sanctuaries. I will not smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.
International Standard Version
I'll lay your cities to waste and destroy your sanctuaries so I don't have to smell the scent of your soothing odors.
American Standard Version
And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.
Amplified
I will lay waste your cities as well and will make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will not smell your sweet and soothing aromas [of offerings by fire].
Bible in Basic English
And I will make your towns waste and send destruction on your holy places; I will take no pleasure in the smell of your sweet perfumes;
Darby Translation
And I will lay waste your cities and desolate your sanctuaries; and I will not smell your sweet odours.
Julia Smith Translation
And I gave your cities a desert, and I laid waste your holy places, and I will not smell upon the odor of your sweetness.
King James 2000
And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the aroma of your sweet odors.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And I will lay your cities [in] ruins, and I will lay waste your sanctuaries; and I shall not smell your [sacrifices'] appeasing fragrance.
Modern King James verseion
And I will make your cities waste and cause your sanctuaries to be deserted. And I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And I will make your cities desolate, and bring your sanctuaries unto nought, and will not smell the savours of your sweet odours.
NET Bible
I will lay your cities waste and make your sanctuaries desolate, and I will refuse to smell your soothing aromas.
New Heart English Bible
I will lay your cities waste, and will bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not take delight in the sweet fragrance of your offerings.
The Emphasized Bible
And I will give your cities unto desolation, And make your holy places dumb, - And will find no fragrance in your satisfying odour;
Webster
And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.
World English Bible
I will lay your cities waste, and will bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not take delight in the sweet fragrance of your offerings.
Youngs Literal Translation
and I have made your cities a waste, and have made desolate your sanctuaries, and I smell not at your sweet fragrances;
Themes
Covenant » Of God with men » Punishments for breaking of
Desolation » Why desolation comes
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Punishment » Design of » To secure obedience
Topics
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 26:31
Verse Info
Context Readings
Punishment For Disobedience
30 And I will destroy your high places, and cut down your sun-images, and cast your dead bodies upon the bodies of your idols, and my soul shall abhor you. 31 And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors. 32 And I will bring the land into desolation, and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Nehemiah 2:3
And I said to the king, Let the king live forever. Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchers, lays waste, and the gates of it are consumed with fire?
2 Kings 25:4-10
Then a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war [fled] by night by the way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden (now the Chaldeans were against the city round about), and [the king] went by t
Isaiah 1:11-14
What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says LORD. I have had enough of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts. And I do not delight in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he-goats.
Lamentations 2:7
LORD has cast off his altar. He has abhorred his sanctuary. He has given up the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. They have made a noise in the house of LORD, as in the day of a solemn assembly.
Ezekiel 9:6
Kill utterly the old man, the young man, and the virgin, and little sons, and women, but come not near any man upon whom is the mark. And begin at my sanctuary. Then they began at the old men who were before the house.
Amos 5:21-23
I hate, I despise your feasts, and I will take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
Hebrews 10:26
For when we sin willfully after taking the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,
Genesis 8:21
And LORD smelled the sweet savor. And LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth. Neither will I again any more smite everything
2 Chronicles 36:19
And they burnt the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces of it with fire, and destroyed all the good vessels of it.
Nehemiah 2:17
Then I said to them, Ye see the evil condition that we are in, how Jerusalem lays waste, and the gates of it are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem that we be no more a reproach.
Psalm 74:3-8
Lift up thy feet to the perpetual ruins, all the evil that the enemy has done in the sanctuary.
Isaiah 1:7
Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Your land--strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
Isaiah 24:10-12
The waste city is broken down. Every house is shut up, that no man may come in.
Isaiah 66:3
He who slaughters an ox is as he who kills a man. He who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog's neck. He who offers an oblation, [as] swine's blood. He who burns frankincense, as he who blesses an idol. Yea, they have chosen t
Jeremiah 9:11
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 22:5
But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, says LORD, that this house shall become a desolation.
Jeremiah 26:6
then I will make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.
Jeremiah 26:9
Why have thou prophesied in the name of LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant? And all the people were gathered to Jeremiah in the house of LORD.
Jeremiah 52:13
And he burned the house of LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem. Even every great house, he burned with fire.
Ezekiel 6:6
In all your dwelling places the cities shall be laid waste, and the high places shall be desolate, that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate, and your idols may be broken and cease, and your sun-images may be hewn down,
Ezekiel 21:7
And it shall be, when they say to thee, Why do thou sigh? That thou shall say, Because of the news. For it comes, and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak
Ezekiel 21:15
I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied. Ah! It is made as lightning. It is pointed for slaughter.
Ezekiel 24:21
Speak to the house of Israel, Thus says lord LORD: Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul has compassion. And your sons and your daughters whom ye have left b
Micah 3:12
Therefore for your sake Zion shall be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Matthew 24:1-2
And when Jesus departed he was going from the temple. And his disciples came near to exhibit to him the buildings of the temple.
Luke 21:5-6
And as some spoke about the temple, that it was adorned with fine stones and gifts, he said,
Luke 21:24
And they will fall by the jaw of the sword, and will be led away captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.
Acts 6:14
For we have heard him saying that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place, and will change the customs that Moses delivered to us.