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I will personally strike you with calamity seven times over for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/26.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />then I also will walk contrary to you, and I myself will strike you sevenfold for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/26.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/26.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/26.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />then I also will walk contrary to you, and I will punish you yet seven times for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/26.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />then I in turn will show hostility toward you; and I, even I, will strike you seven times for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/26.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />then I will act with hostility against you; and I, even I, will strike you seven times for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/26.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />then I will act with hostility against you; and I, even I, will strike you seven times for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/26.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />then I will walk in hostility against you; and I, even I, will strike you seven times for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/26.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />then I also will act with hostility against you, and I will strike you seven times for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/26.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />then I will act with hostility toward you; I also will strike you seven times for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/26.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />then I will act with hostility toward you; I also will strike you seven times for your sins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/26.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />then will I also walk contrary unto you; and I will smite you, even I, seven times for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/26.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I'll remain your enemy and punish you even worse. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/26.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />then will I also walk contrary unto you; and I will smite you, even I, seven times for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/26.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />then I, too, will resist you. I will punish you seven times for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/26.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />then I will turn on you and punish you seven times harder than before. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/26.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />then I'll certainly oppose you. I'll take vengeance against you seven fold on account of your sins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/26.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/26.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I myself will also walk in hostility against you and strike you seven times on account of your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/26.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />then I will also walk contrary to you; and I will strike you, even I, seven times for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/26.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then will I also walk contrary to you, and I will punish you yet seven times for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/26.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />then I will also walk contrary to you; and I will strike you, even I, seven times for your sins. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/26.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />then I have walked—I also—with you in opposition, and have struck you, even I, sevenfold for your sins;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/26.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> then I have walked -- I also -- with you in opposition, and have smitten you, even I, seven times for your sins;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/26.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I went also hostile with you, and I struck you, also I, seven for your sins.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/26.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I also will walk contrary to you, and will strike you seven times for your sins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/26.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />likewise, I will advance against you as an adversary, and I will strike you seven times, because of your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/26.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I, too, will continue to be hostile to you and I, for my part, will smite you for your sins sevenfold.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/26.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />then I too will continue hostile to you: I myself will strike you sevenfold for your sins.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/26.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then I also will walk contrary to you and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/26.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I shall walk also with you contentiously and I shall strike you also, each sevenfold for your sins.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/26.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />then will I also walk contrary unto you; and I will smite you, even I, seven times for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/26.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I also will walk with you with a perverse spirit, and I also will smite you seven times for your sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/26-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=7298" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/26.htm">Punishments for Disobedience</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">23</span>And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me, <span class="reftext">24</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">then I</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: wə·hā·laḵ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">will act</a> <a href="/hebrew/637.htm" title="637: ’ap̄- (Conj) -- Also, yea. A primitive particle; meaning accession; also or yea; adversatively though."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7147.htm" title="7147: bə·qe·rî (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Opposition, contrariness. From qarah; hostile encounter.">with hostility</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im·mā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">toward you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: gam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ā·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: wə·hik·kê·ṯî (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">will strike</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: še·ḇa‘ (Number-fs) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">sevenfold</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: ḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯê·ḵem (N-fpc:: 2mp) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">your sins.</a> </span><span class="reftext">25</span>And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-68</a></span><br />If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: / You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country. / Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/21-5.htm">Jeremiah 21:5-6</a></span><br />And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath. / I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-10.htm">Isaiah 63:10</a></span><br />But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit. So He turned and became their enemy, and He Himself fought against them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Amos 4:6-12</a></span><br />“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. / “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-18.htm">2 Kings 17:18-20</a></span><br />So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained, / and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced. / So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/14-21.htm">Ezekiel 14:21</a></span><br />For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/5-14.htm">Hosea 5:14-15</a></span><br />For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them. / Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-16.htm">2 Chronicles 36:16-17</a></span><br />But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. / So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/30-14.htm">Jeremiah 30:14</a></span><br />All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer seek you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline of someone cruel, because of your great iniquity and your numerous sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-5.htm">Lamentations 2:5</a></span><br />The Lord is like an enemy; He has swallowed up Israel. He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18</a></span><br />The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-30.htm">Hebrews 10:30-31</a></span><br />For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.” / It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-5.htm">Revelation 2:5</a></span><br />Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-30.htm">1 Corinthians 11:30-32</a></span><br />That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. / Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment. / But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then will I also walk contrary to you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/22-27.htm">2 Samuel 22:27</a></b></br> With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/9-4.htm">Job 9:4</a></b></br> <i>He is</i> wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened <i>himself</i> against him, and hath prospered?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-26.htm">Psalm 18:26</a></b></br> With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/26-23.htm">Act</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-32.htm">Afflict</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-23.htm">Contrary</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-23.htm">Hostile</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-23.htm">Hostility</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-23.htm">Opposition</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-18.htm">Punish</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-18.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-21.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-21.htm">Sevenfold</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-21.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/exodus/21-35.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-17.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/exodus/21-22.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-21.htm">Times</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-23.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-23.htm">Walked</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/26-27.htm">Act</a> <a href="/numbers/24-24.htm">Afflict</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-27.htm">Contrary</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-27.htm">Hostile</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-27.htm">Hostility</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-27.htm">Opposition</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-28.htm">Punish</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-28.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-28.htm">Sevenfold</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-28.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/numbers/14-12.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/numbers/14-42.htm">Smitten</a> <a href="/numbers/14-12.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-28.htm">Times</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-27.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-27.htm">Walked</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 26</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-1.htm">Of idolatry</a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-2.htm">Reverence</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-3.htm">A blessing to those who keep the commandments</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">A curse to those who break them</a></span><br><span class="reftext">40. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">God promises to remember those who repent</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Hebrew root for "act with hostility" is "קָרָה" (qarah), which implies an active opposition or enmity. In the context of the covenant, this hostility is not arbitrary but a direct response to Israel's disobedience. Historically, this reflects the ancient Near Eastern treaties where blessings and curses were common. God's hostility is a divine corrective measure, intended to bring His people back to righteousness. It serves as a reminder of the seriousness of sin and the holiness of God, who cannot tolerate rebellion.<p><b>and strike you</b><br />The word "strike" comes from the Hebrew "נָכָה" (nakah), meaning to smite or afflict. This indicates a tangible consequence for disobedience, emphasizing that sin has real-world repercussions. In the historical context of Israel, this could manifest as military defeat, famine, or disease. Theologically, it reflects the justice of God, who disciplines those He loves (<a href="/hebrews/12-6.htm">Hebrews 12:6</a>). This discipline is not merely punitive but redemptive, aiming to restore the covenant relationship between God and His people.<p><b>sevenfold</b><br />The term "sevenfold" is significant in biblical numerology, where the number seven often symbolizes completeness or perfection. Here, it suggests a full measure of divine retribution, proportionate to the gravity of Israel's sins. This concept of "sevenfold" punishment is a sobering reminder of the comprehensive nature of God's justice. It also serves as a call to repentance, urging the people to return to God wholeheartedly to avoid such complete judgment.<p><b>for your sins</b><br />The Hebrew word for "sins" is "חַטָּאָה" (chatta'ah), which conveys the idea of missing the mark or falling short of God's standards. In the scriptural context, sin is not just a personal failing but a breach of the covenant relationship with God. This phrase highlights the cause of the divine hostility and striking—Israel's persistent rebellion and failure to uphold the covenant. It serves as a call to self-examination and repentance, reminding believers of the need for holiness and obedience to God's commands.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/26.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(24) <span class= "bld">Then will I also walk contrary unto you.</span>--By their increased hostility to God, they simply increase their calamities, since He whom they are defying now also assumes a hostile attitude towards those who are defiant.<p><span class= "bld">And will punish you yet.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">and I also will smite you. </span>(See <a href="/leviticus/26-28.htm" title="Then I will walk contrary to you also in fury; and I, even I, will chastise you seven times for your sins.">Leviticus 26:28</a>.)<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/26-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">then I</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will act</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָלַכְתִּ֧י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·laḵ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with hostility</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּקֶ֑רִי</span> <span class="translit">(bə·qe·rî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7147.htm">Strong's 7147: </a> </span><span class="str2">Opposition, contrariness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">toward you</span><br /><span class="heb">עִמָּכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘im·mā·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">גַּם־</span> <span class="translit">(gam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">strike</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִכֵּיתִ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hik·kê·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶתְכֶם֙</span> <span class="translit">(’eṯ·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sevenfold</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׁ֖בַע</span> <span class="translit">(še·ḇa‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your sins.</span><br /><span class="heb">חַטֹּאתֵיכֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(ḥaṭ·ṭō·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> </span><span class="str2">An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/26-24.htm">Leviticus 26:24 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/26-24.htm">Leviticus 26:24 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/26-24.htm">Leviticus 26:24 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/26-24.htm">Leviticus 26:24 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/26-24.htm">Leviticus 26:24 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/26-24.htm">Leviticus 26:24 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/26-24.htm">Leviticus 26:24 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/26-24.htm">Leviticus 26:24 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/26-24.htm">Leviticus 26:24 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/26-24.htm">Leviticus 26:24 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/26-24.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 26:24 Then I will also walk contrary (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/26-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 26:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 26:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 26:25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 26:25" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>