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Leviticus 26:20

18 And if ye will not yet for all this hearken unto me, then I will punish you seven times more for your sins.

19 And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

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.

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.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.
KJV
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.
WEB
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.
ASV
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.
DARBY
and your strength shall be spent in vain, and your land shall not yield its produce; and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.
BLB
And your⁺ power shall be spent in vain, and your⁺ land shall not yield its produce, and the trees of the land shall not yield their fruit.
ÅB
Til ingen nytte skal dere fortære deres kraft, og deres land skal ikke gi sin grøde, og trærne i landet skal ikke gi sin frukt.
OTB
Deres styrke vil bli brukt forgjeves, for deres land vil ikke gi sin grøde, og trærne i landet vil ikke gi sin frukt.
B1930
Til ingen nytte skal I fortære eders kraft, og eders land skal ikke gi sin grøde, og trærne i landet skal ikke gi sin frukt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 11:17

    And then the LORD’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.

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  • Psalms 127:1

    Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.

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  • Isaiah 49:4

    Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

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  • Leviticus 26:4

    Then I will give you rain in due season, and the land shall yield her increase, and the trees of the field shall yield their fruit.

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  • Habakkuk 2:13

    Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

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  • Haggai 1:9–11

    Ye looked for much, and, lo, it came to little; and when ye brought it home, I did blow upon it. Why? saith the LORD of hosts. Because of mine house that is waste, and ye run every man unto his own house.

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  • Haggai 2:16

    Since those days were, when one came to an heap of twenty measures, there were but ten: when one came to the pressfat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press, there were but twenty.

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  • Galatians 4:11

    I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.

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