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Leviticus 26:36

26:35 As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.
And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. shaken: Heb. driven

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“‘As for those of you who are left, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. The sound of a driven leaf will put them to flight; and they shall flee, as one flees from the sword. They will fall when no one pursues.

And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

And on them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursues.

26:37 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 26:36 mean?

Leviticus 26:36 is a verse in the book of Leviticus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁאַר (shâʼar), בּוֹא (bôwʼ), מֹרֶךְ (môrek).

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And
upon
them
that
are
leftשָׁאַרshâʼar/shaw-ar'/H7604properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
alive
of
you
I
will
sendבּוֹאbôwʼ/bo/H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
a
faintnessמֹרֶךְmôrek/mo'-rek/H4816softness, i.e. (figuratively) fear
into
their
heartsלֵבָבlêbâb/lay-bawb'/H3824the heart (as the most interior organ);
in
the
landsאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
of
their
enemies;אֹיֵבʼôyêb/o-yabe'/H341hating; an adversary
and
the
soundקוֹלqôwl/kole/H6963a voice or sound
of
a
shakenנָדַףnâdaph/naw-daf'/H5086to shove asunder, i.e. disperse
leafעָלֶהʻâleh/aw-leh'/H5929a leaf (as coming up on a tree); collectively, foliage
shall
chaseרָדַףrâdaph/raw-daf'/H7291to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
them;
and
they
shall
flee,נוּסnûwç/noos/H5127to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
as
fleeingמְנוּסָהmᵉnûwçâh/men-oo-saw'/H4499retreat
from
a
sword;חֶרֶבchereb/kheh'-reb/H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
and
they
shall
fallנָפַלnâphal/naw-fal'/H5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
when
none
pursueth.רָדַףrâdaph/raw-daf'/H7291to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
shaken:
Heb.
driven

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BackslidersCowardiceDisobedience to GodJudgmentsPunishment of the Wicked, theRebellion Against GodRewardSabbatic YearWar

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Leviticus 26:36.

Deuteronomy 20:3

And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them; faint: Heb. be tender tremble: Heb. make haste

Genesis 16:2

And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai. obtain: Heb. be built by her

Genesis 6:13

And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. with the earth: or, from the earth

Genesis 6:17

And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; and every thing that is in the earth shall die.

Genesis 6:4

There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.

Leviticus 26:39

And they that are left of you shall pine away in their iniquity in your enemies' lands; and also in the iniquities of their fathers shall they pine away with them.

Leviticus 26:41

And that I also have walked contrary unto them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:

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What does Leviticus 26:36 say?

Leviticus 26:36 (King James Version) reads: "And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. shaken: Heb. driven"

Is Leviticus 26:36 in the Old or New Testament?

Leviticus 26:36 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Leviticus.

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