Leviticus 26:35

What does Leviticus 26:35 mean?

A plain-English look at Leviticus 26:35 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

As long as it lieth desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which it had not in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

As long as it lieth desolate it shall rest; because it did not rest in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

As long as it lieth desolate it shall have rest, even the rest which it had not in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt upon it.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

All the days while it is waste will the land have rest, such rest as it never had in your Sabbaths, when you were living in it.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

all the days of the desolation it resteth that which it hath not rested in your sabbaths in your dwelling on it.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

In the enemy's land, she shall keep a sabbath, and rest in the sabbaths of her desolation: because she did not rest in your sabbaths, when you dwelt therein.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

All the days of the desolation it shall rest, [the days in] which it did not rest on your sabbaths, when ye dwelt therein.

Context

v.34Then shall the land enjoy its sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye are in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy its sabbaths.

v.35This passage

v.36And as for them that are left of you, I will send a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies: and the sound of a driven leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as one fleeth from the sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 24:5

    The earth also is polluted under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, violated the statutes, broken the everlasting covenant.

  • Romans 8:22

    For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now.

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