Leviticus 26:7

7 You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you.

Leviticus 26:7 in Other Translations

7 And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

7 You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

7 In fact, you will chase down your enemies and slaughter them with your swords.

7 You'll chase out your enemies and defeat them:

7 You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword.

Leviticus 26:7 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 26:7

And ye shall chase your enemies
Who being overcome in battle, and put to the flight, should be pursued: and they shall fall before you by the sword;
not by the sword of one another, as the Midianites did, ( Judges 7:21 Judges 7:22 ) , so Jarchi; but rather by the sword of the Israelites, for oftentimes multitudes of the enemy are killed in a pursuit.

Leviticus 26:7 In-Context

5 Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want and live in safety in your land.

6 “ ‘I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. I will remove wild beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country.

7 You will pursue your enemies, and they will fall by the sword before you.

8 Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.

9 “ ‘I will look on you with favor and make you fruitful and increase your numbers, and I will keep my covenant with you.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 18:37; Psalms 44:5