Leviticus 26:20

20 Your strength will be spent in vain, because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of your land yield their fruit.

Leviticus 26:20 in Other Translations

KJV
20 And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits.
ESV
20 And your strength shall be spent in vain, for your land shall not yield its increase, and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.
NLT
20 All your work will be for nothing, for your land will yield no crops, and your trees will bear no fruit.
MSG
20 No matter how hard you work, nothing will come of it: No crops out of the ground, no fruit off the trees.
CSB
20 and your strength will be used up for nothing. Your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

Leviticus 26:20 In-Context

18 “ ‘If after all this you will not listen to me, I will punish you for your sins seven times over.
19 I will break down your stubborn pride and make the sky above you like iron and the ground beneath you like bronze.
20 Your strength will be spent in vain, because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of your land yield their fruit.
21 “ ‘If you remain hostile toward me and refuse to listen to me, I will multiply your afflictions seven times over, as your sins deserve.
22 I will send wild animals against you, and they will rob you of your children, destroy your cattle and make you so few in number that your roads will be deserted.

Cross References 2

  • 1. Deuteronomy 28:38; Psalms 127:1; Isaiah 17:11; Isaiah 49:4; Jeremiah 12:13; Micah 6:15; Haggai 1:6
  • 2. Deuteronomy 11:17; Deuteronomy 28:24
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