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Leviticus 26:37-39
New English Translation
Leviticus 26:37-39
New English Translation
37 They will stumble over each other as those who flee before a sword, though[a] there is no pursuer, and there will be no one to take a stand[b] for you before your enemies. 38 You will perish among the nations; the land of your enemies will consume you.
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39 “‘As for the ones who remain among you, they will rot away because of[c] their iniquity in the lands of your enemies, and they will also rot away because of their ancestors’[d] iniquities which are with them.
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- Leviticus 26:37 tn Heb “and.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) is used in a concessive sense here.
- Leviticus 26:37 tn The term rendered “to stand up” is a noun, not an infinitive. It occurs only here and appears to designate someone who would take a powerful stand for them against their enemies.
- Leviticus 26:39 tn Heb “in” (so KJV, ASV; also later in this verse).
- Leviticus 26:39 tn Heb “fathers’” (also in the following verse).
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