Leviticus 26:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Formal EquivalenceSource: American Standard VersionBest for: Word studies and original-language research

🎯 Translation Approach

A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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💎 Distinctive Features

Integrated Strong's numbering: Links English terms to underlying Hebrew and Greek words for deeper lexical study.
Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
Study-focused formatting: Optimized for reference and research rather than casual reading.

✅ Strengths

High fidelity to original languages
Includes Strong's numbers for precise word study
Consistent lexical choices aid exegesis
Stable, longstanding scholarly text

⚠️ Considerations

Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Lev 26:8-9
2 verses
91%
8And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall chase ten thousand; and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
9And I will have respect unto you, and make you fruitful, and multiply you, and will establish my covenant with you.
Lev 26:36-38
3 verses
85%
36And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.
37And they shall stumble one upon another, as it were before the sword, when none pursueth: and ye shall have no power to stand before your enemies.
38And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
Lev 26:17
81%
17And I will set my face against you, and ye shall be smitten before your enemies: they that hate you shall rule over you; and ye shall flee when none pursueth you.
Deut 28:7
81%
7Jehovah will cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thee: they shall come out against thee one way, and shall flee before thee seven ways.
Deut 28:25
80%
25Jehovah will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth.
Lev 26:5-6
2 verses
78%
5And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
6And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.
Josh 23:9-10
2 verses
77%
9For Jehovah hath driven out from before you great nations and strong; but as for you, no man hath stood before you unto this day.
10One man of you shall chase a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he spake unto you.
Exod 23:27
76%
27I will send my terror before thee, and will discomfit all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
Deut 6:19
75%
19to thrust out all thine enemies from before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken.
Isa 13:15
74%
15Every one that is found shall be thrust through; and every one that is taken shall fall by the sword.
Josh 10:19
74%
19but stay not ye; pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for Jehovah your God hath delivered them into your hand.
Deut 31:5
73%
5And Jehovah will deliver them up before you, and ye shall do unto them according unto all the commandment which I have commanded you.
Ps 91:7
73%
7A thousand shall fall at thy side, And ten thousand at thy right hand; [But] it shall not come nigh thee.
Mic 5:9
73%
9Let thy hand be lifted up above thine adversaries, and let all thine enemies be cut off.
Lev 26:33
73%
33And you will I scatter among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land shall be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
Deut 11:25
73%
25There shall no man be able to stand before you: Jehovah your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath spoken unto you.
Isa 30:16-17
2 verses
73%
16but ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
17One thousand [shall flee] at the threat of one; at the threat of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.
Deut 20:13
73%
13and when Jehovah thy God delivereth it into thy hand, thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword:
Deut 20:3-4
2 verses
73%
3and shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye draw nigh this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint; fear not, nor tremble, neither be ye affrighted at them;
4for Jehovah your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
Num 14:43
73%
43For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned back from following Jehovah, therefore Jehovah will not be with you.
Ezek 16:40
73%
40They shall also bring up a company against thee, and they shall stone thee with stones, and thrust thee through with their swords.
Joel 2:8
72%
8Neither doth one thrust another; they march every one in his path; and they burst through the weapons, and break not off [their course].
Num 32:21
72%
21and every armed man of you will pass over the Jordan before Jehovah, until he hath driven out his enemies from before him,
2 Kgs 17:39
72%
39but Jehovah your God shall ye fear; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
Deut 33:29
72%
29Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Zech 10:5
72%
5And they shall be as mighty men, treading down [their enemies] in the mire of the streets in the battle; and they shall fight, because Jehovah is with them; and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
Ezek 39:4
72%
4Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy hordes, and the peoples that are with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
Josh 10:25
72%
25And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage: for thus shall Jehovah do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.
Josh 23:5
72%
5And Jehovah your God, he will thrust them out from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as Jehovah your God spake unto you.
Deut 7:23
72%
23But Jehovah thy God will deliver them up before thee, and will discomfit them with a great discomfiture, until they be destroyed.
Isa 3:25
71%
25Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
Josh 8:6-7
2 verses
71%
6and they will come out after us, till we have drawn them away from the city; for they will say, They flee before us, as at the first: so we will flee before them;
7and ye shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city: for Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand.
Ps 9:3
71%
3When mine enemies turn back, They stumble and perish at thy presence.
Jer 5:17
71%
17And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, [which] thy sons and thy daughters should eat; they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds; they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall beat down thy fortified cities, wherein thou trustest, with the sword.
Ps 44:5
71%
5Through thee will we push down our adversaries: Through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Amos 9:4
71%
4And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
Jer 46:16
71%
16He made many to stumble, yea, they fell one upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity, from the oppressing sword.
Deut 3:22
71%
22Ye shall not fear them; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you.
Ezek 26:9
71%
9And he shall set his battering engines against thy walls, and with his axes he shall break down thy towers.
Ps 63:10
71%
10They shall be given over to the power of the sword: They shall be a portion for foxes.
Ezek 11:10
71%
10Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.