Passage

Leviticus 26.21-22

Book: Leviticus · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (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)

"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)

"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)

"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)

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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.

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Quoted in

Bears Mauling Youth Objection

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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
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.

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