Leviticus 26:37
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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.They will stumble over one another as before the sword, though no one is behind them. So you will not be able to stand against your enemies.
In other translations
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.They will stumble over one another as before the sword, though no one is behind them. So you will not be able to stand against your enemies.
Hebrew words
וְכָשְׁלוּvekhasheluand they will stumbleH3782אִישׁ־'ish-eachH376בְּאָחִיוbe'achivover brother hisH251כְּמִפְּנֵי־kemipenei-as from beforeH6440חֶרֶבchereva swordH2719וְרֹדֵףverodefand [is one who] pursuesH7291אָיִן'ayinthere notH369וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808תִהְיֶהtihyehit will belongH1961לָכֶםlakhemto <the> youתְּקוּמָהtekumahpower to standH8617לִפְנֵיlifnei<to> beforeH6440אֹיְבֵיכֶם׃'oyeveikhemenemies yourH341
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- Judges 2:14And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.
- Joshua 7:12-1312 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you. 13 Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against to morrow: for thus saith the Lord God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you.12 This is why the Israelites cannot stand against their enemies. They will turn their backs and run from their enemies, because they themselves have been set apart for destruction. I will no longer be with you unless you remove from among you whatever is devoted to destruction. 13 Get up and consecrate the people, saying, ‘Consecrate yourselves for tomorrow, for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Among you, O Israel, there are things devoted to destruction. You cannot stand against your enemies until you remove them.
- Numbers 14:42Go not up, for the Lord is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you.
- Isaiah 10:4Without me they shall bow down under the prisoners, and they shall fall under the slain. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
- 1 Samuel 14:15-1615 And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling. 16 And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, behold, the multitude melted away, and they went on beating down one another.15 Then terror struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked and panic spread from God. 16 Now when Saul’s watchmen at Gibeah in Benjamin looked and saw the troops melting away and scattering in every direction,
- Judges 7:22And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth–shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel–meholah, unto Tabbath.And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
- Jeremiah 37:10For though ye had smitten the whole army of the Chaldeans that fight against you, and there remained but wounded men among them, yet should they rise up every man in his tent, and burn this city with fire.Indeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”
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