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Leviticus 26:20

26:19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
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.

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Your strength will be spent in vain; for your land won’t yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land yield their fruit.

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.

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. ¶

26:21 And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. contrary: or, at all adventures with me

What does Leviticus 26:20 mean?

Leviticus 26:20 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include כֹּחַ (kôach), תָּמַם (tâmam), רִיק (rîyq).

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And
your
strengthכֹּחַkôach/ko'-akh/H3581vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce); also (from its hardiness) a large lizard
shall
be
spentתָּמַםtâmam/taw-mam'/H8552to complete, in a good or a bad sense, literal, or figurative, transitive or intransitive
in
vain:רִיקrîyq/reek/H7385emptiness; figuratively, a worthless thing; adverbially, in vain
for
your
landאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
shall
not
yieldנָתַןnâthan/naw-than'/H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
her
increase,יְבוּלyᵉbûwl/yeb-ool'/H2981produce, i.e. a crop or (figuratively) wealth
neither
shall
the
treesעֵץʻêts/ates/H6086a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
of
the
landאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
yieldנָתַןnâthan/naw-than'/H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
their
fruits.פְּרִיpᵉrîy/per-ee'/H6529fruit (literally or figuratively)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 26:20.

Genesis 1:29

And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. bearing: Heb. seeding seed yielding: Heb. seeding seed

Genesis 1:11

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. grass: Heb. tender grass

Genesis 1:12

And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 3:6

And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat. pleasant: Heb. a desire

Genesis 4:12

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

Exodus 10:15

For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.

Genesis 1:17

And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,

Genesis 18:8

And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

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What does Leviticus 26:20 say?

Leviticus 26:20 (King James Version) reads: "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."

Is Leviticus 26:20 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 26:20 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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