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Leviticus 26:7

And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

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וּרְדַפְתֶּ֖םuredaftemand chaseרָדַףconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and chase”, a completed action in a sequenceH7291to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)chase, put to flight, follow (after, on), hunt, (be under) persecute(-ion, -or), pursue(-r).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).אֹיְבֵיכֶ֑םoyeveykhemenemyאֹיֵבverb, qal, participle, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “enemy”, a verb used as a describing wordH341hating; an adversaryenemy, foe.וְנָפְל֥וּvenafelvand fallנָפַלconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and fall”, a completed action in a sequenceH5307to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)be accepted, cast (down, self, (lots), out), cease, die, divide (by lot), (let) fail, (cause to, let, make, ready to) fall (away, down, -en, -ing), fell(-ing), fugitive, have (inheritance), inferior, be judged (by mistake for H6419 (פָּלַל…לִפְנֵיכֶ֖םlifneykhemto a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “to a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…לֶחָֽרֶבlecharevto knifeחֶרֶבpreposition, with the article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to knife”, the ordinary formH2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implementaxe, dagger, knife, mattock, sword, tool.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And ye have pursued your enemies, and they have fallen before you by the sword;

World English Bible

You shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

Darby Translation

And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword;

Douay-Rheims

You shall pursue your enemies, and they shall fall before you.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And ye shall chase your enemies, and they shall fall before you by the sword.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

and ye shall pursue your enemies, and they shall fall before you with slaughter.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ διώξεσθε τοὺς ἐχθροὺς ὑμῶν, καὶ πεσοῦνται ἐναντίον ὑμῶν φόνῳ.

American Standard Version (1901)

Young’s Literal Translation

World English Bible

Darby Translation

Douay-Rheims

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

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