Parallel Verses

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,

New American Standard Bible

They will therefore stumble over each other as if running from the sword, although no one is pursuing; and you will have no strength to stand up before your enemies.

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.

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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
one
אישׁ 
'iysh 
Usage: 692

as it were before
פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

a sword
חרב 
Chereb 
Usage: 413

and ye shall have no power to stand
תּקוּמה 
T@quwmah 
Usage: 1

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

References

Context Readings

Punishment For Disobedience

36 And those who are left of you -- I have also brought a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies, and the sound of a leaf driven away hath pursued them, and they have fled -- flight from a sword -- and they have fallen, and there is none pursuing. 37 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, 38 and ye have perished among the nations, and the land of your enemies hath consumed you.

Cross References

Joshua 7:12-13

and the sons of Israel have not been able to stand before their enemies; the neck they turn before their enemies, for they have become a devoted thing; I add not to be with you -- if ye destroy not the devoted thing out of your midst.

Judges 2:14

And the anger of Jehovah burneth against Israel, and He giveth them into the hand of spoilers, and they spoil them, and He selleth them into the hand of their enemies round about, and they have not been able any more to stand before their enemies;

Numbers 14:42

go not up, for Jehovah is not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies;

Judges 7:22

and the three hundred blow the trumpets, and Jehovah setteth the sword of each against his companion, even through all the camp; and the camp fleeth unto Beth-Shittah, at Zererath, unto the border of Abel-Meholah, by Tabbath.

1 Samuel 14:15-16

and there is a trembling in the camp, in the field, and among all the people, the station and the destroyers have trembled -- even they, and the earth shaketh, and it becometh a trembling of God.

Isaiah 10:4

Without Me it hath bowed down In the place of a bound one, And in the place of the slain they fall. With all this not turned back hath His anger, And still His hand is stretched out.

Jeremiah 37:10

for though ye had smitten all the force of the Chaldeans who are fighting with you, and there were left of them wounded men -- each in his tent -- they rise, and have burnt this city with fire.'

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