Leviticus 26:31
What does Leviticus 26:31 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 26:31 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savour of your sweet odours.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And I will make your cities a waste, and will bring your sanctuaries unto desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet odors.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And I will make your towns waste and send destruction on your holy places; I will take no pleasure in the smell of your sweet perfumes;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and I have made your cities a waste, and have made desolate your sanctuaries, and I smell not at your sweet fragrances;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Insomuch that I will bring your cities to be a wilderness: and I will make your sanctuaries desolate: and will receive no more your sweet odours.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And I will lay waste your cities and desolate your sanctuaries; and I will not smell your sweet odours.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Micah 3:12
Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
- Jeremiah 9:11
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
- Isaiah 66:3
He that killeth an ox is as he that slayeth a man; he that sacrificeth a lamb, as he that breaketh a dog’s neck; he that offereth an oblation, as he that offereth swine’s blood; he that burneth frankincense, as he that blesseth an idol. Yea, they have chosen their own ways, and their soul delighteth in their abominations:
- Nehemiah 2:3
And I said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
- Jeremiah 4:7
A lion is gone up from his thicket, and a destroyer of nations; he is on his way, he is gone forth from his place, to make thy land desolate, that thy cities be laid waste, without inhabitant.
- Jeremiah 22:5
But if ye will not hear these words, I swear by myself, saith Jehovah, that this house shall become a desolation.
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