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Leviticus 26:36

in Leviticus 26

As 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.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

KJV

And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

This verse in Leviticus 26

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

As for those of you who survive

on Leviticus 26:36-39

The last of it is done to the mind. A shaken leaf chases them, and they fall over each other with no sword behind them. The fear promised at verse 17 has become the whole of their condition.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And upon them that are left alive of you,....

The words behind it

18 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְהַנִּשְׁאָרִ֣יםand those [who] remain

    vehanisharimH7604 →133 times

  • בָּכֶ֔םamong <the> you

    bakhem

  • וְהֵבֵ֤אתִיand I will bring

    vehevetiH935 →2568 times

  • מֹ֙רֶךְ֙despair

    morekhH4816 →

  • בִּלְבָבָ֔םin heart their

    bilvavamH3824 →252 times

  • בְּאַרְצֹ֖תin [the] land of

    beartzotH776 →2504 times

  • אֹיְבֵיהֶ֑םenemies their

    ʾoyeveihemH341 →282 times

  • וְרָדַ֣ףand it will pursue

    veradafH7291 →143 times

  • אֹתָ֗ם<obj.> them

    ʾotamH853 →10935 times

  • ק֚וֹל[the] sound of

    kolH6963 →

  • עָלֶ֣הa leaf

    ʾalehH5929 →

  • נִדָּ֔ףdriven about

    nidafH5086 →

  • וְנָס֧וּand they will flee

    venasuH5127 →

  • מְנֻֽסַת־a flight of

    menusat-H4499 →

  • חֶ֛רֶבa sword

    cherevH2719 →413 times

  • וְנָפְל֖וּand they will fall

    venafluH5307 →435 times

  • וְאֵ֥יןand there not

    veeinH369 →789 times

  • רֹדֵֽף׃[is one who] pursues

    rodefH7291 →143 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Isaiah 30:17

    A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 28:25

      The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to…

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Joshua 23:10

      One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.

    • Deuteronomy 32:30

      How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

  • Through

    Leviticus 26:17

    And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 17:10

      If anyone from the house of Israel or a foreigner living among them eats any blood, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.

    • Proverbs 28:1

      The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.

    • Psalms 53:5

      There they are, overwhelmed with dread, where there was nothing to fear. For God has scattered the bones of those who besieged you. You put them to shame, for God has despised them.

    • Leviticus 26:36–37

      As 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…

  • Through

    Joshua 5:1

    Now when all the Amorite kings west of the Jordan and all the Canaanite kings along the coast heard how the LORD had dried up the waters of the Jordan before the Israelites until…

    it leads to

    • Joshua 2:9–11

      and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting…

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.
The Scapegoat, William Holman Hunt, 1854. Public domain.

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.