Leviticus 26:16

26:15 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:

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. over: Heb. upon

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I also will do this to you: I will appoint terror over you, even consumption and fever, that shall consume the eyes, and make the soul to pine away. You will sow your seed in vain, for your enemies will eat it.

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.

I also will do this to you; I will even appoint over you terror, consumption, and the burning ague, that shall consume the eyes, and cause sorrow of heart: and you shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

26:17 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.

What does Leviticus 26:16 mean?

Leviticus 26:16 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh), פָּקַד (pâqad), בֶּהָלָה (behâlâh).

Hebrew interlinear

also

will

doעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

this

unto

you;

will

even

appointפָּקַדpâqad/paw-kad'/H6485to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.

over

you

terror,בֶּהָלָהbehâlâh/beh-haw-law'/H928panic, destruction

consumption,שַׁחֶפֶתshachepheth/shakh-eh'-feth/H7829emaciation

and

the

burning

ague,קַדַּחַתqaddachath/kad-dakh'-ath/H6920inflammation, i.e. febrile disease

that

shall

consumeכָּלָהkâlâh/kaw-law'/H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)

the

eyes,עַיִןʻayin/ah'-yin/H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)

and

cause

sorrowדּוּבdûwb/doob/H1727to mope, i.e. (figuratively) pine

heart:נֶפֶשׁnephesh/neh'-fesh/H5315properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

and

shall

sowזָרַעzâraʻ/zaw-rah'/H2232to sow; figuratively, to disseminate, plant, fructify

your

seedזֶרַעzeraʻ/zeh'-rah/H2233seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

vain,רִיקrîyq/reek/H7385emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain

for

your

enemiesאֹיֵבʼôyêb/o-yabe'/H341hating; an adversary

shall

eatאָכַלʼâkal/aw-kal'/H398to eat (literally or figuratively)

it.

over:

Heb.

upon

Topics

Backsliders Contingencies Disobedience to God Judgments Protection Punishment of the Wicked, the Rebellion Against God Reward Seed Sickness

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 26:16.

Deuteronomy 28:22

The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish. sword: or, drought

Genesis 2:2

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made.

Genesis 24:45

And before I had done speaking in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the well, and drew water: and I said unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee.

Genesis 3:7

And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons. aprons: or, things to gird about

Genesis 6:16

A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.

Frequently asked questions

What does Leviticus 26:16 say?

Leviticus 26:16 (King James Version) reads: "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. over: Heb. upon"

Is Leviticus 26:16 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 26:16 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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