Font Size
Leviticus 26:6-8
New English Translation
Leviticus 26:6-8
New English Translation
6 I will grant peace in the land so that[a] you will lie down to sleep without anyone terrifying you.[b] I will remove harmful animals[c] from the land, and no sword of war[d] will pass through your land. 7 You will pursue your enemies and they will fall before you by the sword.[e] 8 Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword.
Read full chapterFootnotes
- Leviticus 26:6 tn Heb “and.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative force here.
- Leviticus 26:6 tn Heb “and there will be no one who terrifies.” The words “to sleep” have been supplied in the translation for clarity.
- Leviticus 26:6 tn Heb “harmful animal,” singular, but taken here as a collective plural (so almost all English versions).
- Leviticus 26:6 tn Heb “no sword”; the words “of war” are supplied in the translation to indicate what the metaphor of the sword represents.
- Leviticus 26:7 tn Heb “to the sword.”
Leviticus 26:6-8
New International Version
Leviticus 26:6-8
New International Version
6 “‘I will grant peace in the land,(A) and you will lie down(B) and no one will make you afraid.(C) I will remove wild beasts(D) from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country. 7 You will pursue your enemies,(E) and they will fall by the sword before you. 8 Five(F) of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.(G)
New English Translation (NET)
NET Bible® copyright ©1996-2017 by Biblical Studies Press, L.L.C. http://netbible.com All rights reserved.
New International Version (NIV) 
Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.