Leviticus 26:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And I will set my face against you, and you shall be slain before your enemies: those that hate you shall reign over you; and you shall flee when none pursues you.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְנָתַתִּ֤י פָנַי֙ בָּכֶ֔ם וְנִגַּפְתֶּ֖ם לִפְנֵ֣י אֹיְבֵיכֶ֑ם וְרָד֤וּ בָכֶם֙ שֹֽׂנְאֵיכֶ֔ם וְנַסְתֶּ֖ם וְאֵין־רֹדֵ֥ף אֶתְכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

And-nātattî pānay against-you and-niggaptem before ʾōyebêkem and-rādû in-you śōneʾêkem and-nastem and-ʾên-rōdēp ʾetkem

Grammar Details

• *nātattî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular with waw consecutive - and I will set
• *pānay*: noun, masculine plural + 1st person singular suffix - my face
• *niggaptem*: verb, niphal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural with waw consecutive - and you will be struck down
• *ʾōyebêkem*: verb, qal participle, masculine plural + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your enemies
• *rādû*: verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural with waw consecutive - and they will rule
• *śōneʾêkem*: verb, qal participle, masculine plural + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - those who hate you
• *nastem*: verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine plural with waw consecutive - and you will flee
• *ʾên*: particle of negation - there is not
• *rōdēp*: verb, qal participle, masculine singular - pursuer
• *ʾetkem*: direct object marker + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you

Word Meanings

• *pānay*: my face/my presence/my attention
• *niggaptem*: be struck down/be defeated/be smitten
• *rādû*: rule over/dominate/have dominion over
• *śōneʾêkem*: those who hate you/your haters/your enemies
• *nastem*: flee/run away/escape

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  I will set my face against you so that you will be defeated by your enemies; those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee even when no one is chasing you.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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 fe when none pursueth you.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I will set{H5414} my face{H6440} against you, and ye shall be smitten{H5062} before{H6440} your enemies:{H341} they that hate{H8130} you shall rule{H7287} over you; and ye shall flee{H5127} when none pursueth{H7291} you.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And I will set{H5414}{(H8804)} my face{H6440} against you, and ye shall be slain{H5062}{(H8738)} before{H6440} your enemies{H341}{(H8802)}: they that hate{H8130}{(H8802)} you shall reign{H7287}{(H8804)} over you; and ye shall flee{H5127}{(H8804)} when none pursueth{H7291}{(H8802)} you.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And I will set my face agenste you and ye shal fall before youre enemyes, and they that hate you shal raigne ouer you, ad ye shall flee whe no man foloweth you.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And I wyl set my face agaynst you, and ye shal be slayne before youre enemies. And they that hate you, shal haue dominion ouer And ye shall flye, wha no man chaseth you.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And I will set my face against you, and ye shal fal before your enemies, & they that hate you, shall raigne ouer you, and yee shall flee when none pursueth you.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And I wyll set my face agaynst you, & ye shall fall before your enemies: they that hate you shal raigne ouer you, and ye shall flee whe no man foloweth you.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  I will set my face against you, and you will be struck before your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you; and you will flee when no one pursues you.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and I have set My face against you, and ye have been smitten before your enemies; and those hating you have ruled over you, and ye have fled, and there is none pursuing you.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And 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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And 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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And my face will be turned from you, and you will be broken before those who are against you, and your haters will become your rulers, and you will go in flight when no man comes after you.

• World English Bible (2000)

  I will set my face against you, and you will be struck before your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you; and you will flee when no one pursues you.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I will set my face against you. You will be struck down before your enemies, those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when there is no one pursuing you.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 28:1 : 1 The wicked flee when no one pursues, but the righteous are bold as a lion.
• Deut 28:25 : 25 The LORD shall cause you to be smitten before your enemies: you shall go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shall be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
• Lev 17:10 : 10 And whatever man there is of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that dwell among you, that eats any manner of blood; I will set my face against that soul that eats blood, and will cut him off from among his people.
• Ps 53:5 : 5 There they were in great fear, where no fear was; for God has scattered the bones of him who encamps against you; you have put them to shame, because God has despised them.
• Judg 2:14 : 14 And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of plunderers who plundered them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies.
• Jer 19:7 : 7 And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of those who seek their lives: and their corpses will I give to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.
• Lam 1:5 : 5 Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD has afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children have gone into captivity before the enemy.
• 1 Sam 4:10 : 10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and they fled every man to his tent, and there was a very great slaughter; for thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell.
• 1 Sam 31:1 : 1 Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.
• Neh 9:27-30 : 27 Therefore You delivered them into the hand of their enemies, who oppressed them. And in the time of their trouble, when they cried to You, You heard from heaven; and according to Your manifold mercies, You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hand of their enemies. 28 But after they had rest, they did evil again before You; therefore You abandoned them in the hand of their enemies, so that they had dominion over them. Yet when they returned and cried out to You, You heard from heaven, and many times delivered them according to Your mercies. 29 You testified against them, that You might bring them back to Your law. Yet they acted proudly and did not heed Your commandments but sinned against Your judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them. And they shrugged their shoulders, stiffened their necks, and would not hear. 30 Yet for many years You had patience with them and testified against them by Your Spirit in Your prophets. Yet they would not give ear; therefore, You gave them into the hand of the peoples of the lands.
• Ps 68:1-2 : 1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; let those who hate him flee before him. 2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
• Ps 106:41-42 : 41 And he gave them into the hand of the heathen; and those who hated them ruled over them. 42 Their enemies also oppressed them, and they were brought into subjection under their hand.
• Lev 20:5-6 : 5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people. 6 And the soul that turns after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go whoring after them, I will set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
• Lev 26:36-37 : 36 And upon those who are left alive of you I will send 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 one flees from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursues. 37 And they shall fall one upon another, as it were before a sword, when none pursues: and you shall have no power to stand before your enemies.