The Meaning of Leviticus 26:37 Explained

Leviticus 26:37

KJV: 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.

YLT: 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,

Darby: 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.

ASV: 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.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Leviticus 26:37?

MEANING: What does Leviticus 26:37 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Leviticus 26:37 mean?

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KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Leviticus 26:37 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 26:21-46 - Desolation And Captivity For The Stubborn
Notwithstanding the solemn and appalling pictures placed before Israel in these verses, they forsook the Lord and served other gods. Thus, they brought upon themselves the sore judgments threatened against them, consisting of defeat, scarcity, wild beasts, pestilence and famine, the horrors of siege and desolation, followed by dispersion to the four winds of heaven. The book of Judges illustrates the first, and the destruction of Jerusalem, as told by Josephus, the last of these plagues.
Under the curse of this chapter the chosen people are suffering to this very hour. Scattered and peeled, wasted and outcast, they are monuments of God's truthfulness to His word. They teach an impressive lesson which the nations of the world would do well to lay to heart. Note that remarkable expression about accepting their punishment, as the necessary condition of forgiveness and restoration. The same condition always holds.
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Chapter Summary: Leviticus 26

1  Of idolatry
2  Reverence
3  A blessing to those who keep the commandments
14  A curse to those who break them
40  God promises to remember those who repent

What do the individual words in Leviticus 26:37 mean?

And they shall stumble one over another as it were before a sword and when pursues no one and no shall have you [power] to stand before your enemies
וְכָשְׁל֧וּ אִישׁ־ בְּאָחִ֛יו כְּמִפְּנֵי־ חֶ֖רֶב וְרֹדֵ֣ף אָ֑יִן וְלֹא־ תִֽהְיֶ֤ה לָכֶם֙ תְּקוּמָ֔ה לִפְנֵ֖י אֹֽיְבֵיכֶֽם

וְכָשְׁל֧וּ  And  they  shall  stumble 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural
Root: כָּשַׁל  
Sense: to stumble, stagger, totter.
אִישׁ־  one 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
בְּאָחִ֛יו  over  another 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אָח  
Sense: brother.
כְּמִפְּנֵי־  as  it  were  before 
Parse: Preposition-k, Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
חֶ֖רֶב  a  sword 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶרֶב  
Sense: sword, knife.
וְרֹדֵ֣ף  and  when  pursues 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: רָדַף  
Sense: to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after.
אָ֑יִן  no  one 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
וְלֹא־  and  no 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תִֽהְיֶ֤ה  shall  have 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אֶהְיֶה 
Sense: to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out.
תְּקוּמָ֔ה  [power]  to  stand 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: תְּקוּמָה  
Sense: standing, ability or power to stand.
לִפְנֵ֖י  before 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
אֹֽיְבֵיכֶֽם  your  enemies 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: אֹיֵב  
Sense: (Qal) enemy.

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