KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
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To get what Leviticus 26:17 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity.
“And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “And I will set” | וְנָֽתַתִּ֤י | To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) | set |
| “my face” | פָנַי֙ | The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) | face |
| “against you, and ye shall be slain” | וְנִגַּפְתֶּ֖ם | To push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease) | against slain |
| “before” | לִפְנֵ֣י | The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) | before |
| “your enemies:” | אֹֽיְבֵיכֶ֑ם | Hating; an adversary | enemies |
| “they that hate” | שֹֽׂנְאֵיכֶ֔ם | To hate (personally) | hate |
| “you shall reign” | וְרָד֤וּ | To tread down, i.e., subjugate; specifically, to crumble off | reign |
| “over you; and ye shall flee” | וְנַסְתֶּ֖ם | To flit, i.e., vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver) | flee |
| “when none” | וְאֵין | A nonentity; generally used as a negative particle | none |
| “pursueth” | רֹדֵ֥ף | To run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by) | pursueth |
| “you.” | רֹדֵ֥ף | To run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively [of time] gone by) | you |
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15 And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant:
16 I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.
17 And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be slain before your enemies: they that hate you shall reign over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.
19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
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