# Leviticus 26.21-22 **Book:** [Leviticus](/codex/leviticus/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 19. And I will break the pride of your power: and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass; 20. and your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield its increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit. > > **21. And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me, I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. 22. And I will send the beast of the field among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your ways shall become desolate.** > > 23. And if by these things ye will not be reformed unto me, but will walk contrary unto me; 24. then will I also walk contrary unto you; and I will smite you, even I, seven times for your sins. (Leviticus 26:19-24, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 19. I will break the pride of your power, and I will make your sky like iron, and your soil like brass. 20. Your strength will be spent in vain; for your land won’t yield its increase, neither will the trees of the land yield their fruit. > > **21. “‘If you walk contrary to me, and won’t listen to me, then I will bring seven times more plagues on you according to your sins. 22. I will send the wild animals among you, which will rob you of your children, destroy your livestock, and make you few in number. Your roads will become desolate.** > > 23. “‘If by these things you won’t be reformed to me, but will walk contrary to me; 24. then I will also walk contrary to you; and I will strike you, even I, seven times for your sins. (Leviticus 26:19-24, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 19. And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass: 20. And your strength shall be spent in vain: for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruits. > > **21. And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me; I will bring seven times more plagues upon you according to your sins. contrary: or, at all adventures with me 22. I will also send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children, and destroy your cattle, and make you few in number; and your high ways shall be desolate.** > > 23. And if ye will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me; 24. Then will I also walk contrary unto you, and will punish you yet seven times for your sins. (Leviticus 26:19-24, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 19. and I have broken the pride of your strength, and have made your heavens as iron, and your earth as brass; 20. and consumed hath been your strength in vain, and your land doth not give her produce, and the tree of the land doth not give its fruit. > > **21. 'And if ye walk with Me [in] opposition, and are not willing to hearken to Me, then I have added to you a plague seven times, according to your sins, 22. and sent against you the beast of the field, and it hath bereaved you; and I have cut off your cattle, and have made you few, and your ways have been desolate.** > > 23. 'And if by these ye are not instructed by Me, and have walked with Me [in] opposition, 24. then I have walked, I also, with you in opposition, and have smitten you, even I, seven times for your sins; (Leviticus 26:19-24, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Concepts:** - [Bears Mauling Youth Objection](/codex/bears-mauling-youth-objection/) **People:** - [Elisha](/codex/elisha/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.