Parallel Verses
Amplified
They shall stumble over one another as if to escape from a sword when no one is chasing them; and you will have no power to stand before your enemies.
New American Standard Bible
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.
Holman Bible
They will stumble over one another as if fleeing from a sword though no one is pursuing them. You will not be able to stand against your enemies.
International Standard Version
They'll stumble over each other as though fleeing before the sword, even though no one is pursuing.
A Conservative Version
And they shall stumble one upon another, as it were before the sword, when no man pursues. And ye shall 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.
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.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
And they faltered each upon his brother, as from before the sword, and none pursued: and there shall be to you no power of standing before your enemies.
King James 2000
And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursues: and you shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And they shall stumble over {one another} as {from before} a sword, but there shall not be a pursuer; and {you shall have no resistance} {before} your enemies.
Modern King James verseion
And they shall fall on one another, as if it were before a sword, when none pursues. And you shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword even no man following them, and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies:
NET Bible
They will stumble over each other as those who flee before a sword, though there is no pursuer, and there will be no one to take a stand for you before your enemies.
New Heart English Bible
They will stumble over one another, as it were before the sword, when no one pursues: and you will have no power to stand before your enemies.
The Emphasized Bible
And they shall stumble one upon another as from before a sword, when, pursuer there is none; And ye shall not have wherewith to stand before your foes;
Webster
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: and you will have no power to stand before your enemies.
Youngs 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,
Themes
Covenant » Of God with men » Punishments for breaking of
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Powerlessness » Of men, often due to sin and unbelief » Israel could not stand before their enemies
Punishment » Design of » To secure obedience
Punishment of the The Wicked » In this life by » Fear
Rebellion against God » Punishment for
Sabbatic year » Punishment to follow violation of the ordinances concerning
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Leviticus 26:37
Verse Info
Context Readings
Punishment For Disobedience
36 As for those who are left of you, I will bring despair (lack of courage, weakness) into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; the sound of a scattered leaf will put them to flight, and they will flee as if [running] from the sword, and will fall even when no one is chasing them. 37 They shall stumble over one another as if to escape from a sword when no one is chasing them; and you will have no power to stand before your enemies. 38 You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will consume you.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Joshua 7:12-13
That is why the
Judges 2:14
So the anger of the Lord burned against Israel, and He gave them into the hands (power) of plunderers who robbed them; and He sold them into the hands of their surrounding enemies, so that they could no longer stand [in opposition] before their enemies.
Numbers 14:42
Do not go up, or you will be struck down before your enemies, for the Lord is not among you.
Judges 7:22
When Gideon’s men blew the three hundred trumpets, the Lord set the sword of one [Midianite] against another even throughout the whole army; and the army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the border of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
1 Samuel 14:15-16
And there was trembling in the [Philistine] camp, in the field, and among all the people; even the garrison and the raiding party trembled [in fear], and the earth quaked and it became a trembling and terror from God.
Isaiah 10:4
Nothing remains but to crouch among the captives
Or fall [dead] among the slain [on the battlefield].
In spite of all this, God’s anger does not turn away,
But His hand is still stretched out [in judgment].
Jeremiah 37:10
For even if you had defeated the whole army of the Chaldeans who fight against you, and there remained only the wounded men among them, yet they would rise up, every man confined in his tent, and burn down this city with fire.’”