The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
L'Eternel te donnera la victoire sur tes ennemis qui s'élèveront contre toi; ils sortiront contre toi par un seul chemin, et ils s'enfuiront devant toi par sept chemins.
KJV
The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
Philo Judaeus
De Praemiis Et Poenis Et De Exsecrationibus
περίσεμνον τῶν σοφῶν ἡ ἀρετὴ καθ’ ἡσυχίαν ἱκανὴ φορὰς μεγάλω ἐξευμαρίζειν κακῶν. 11 Lev. 26,7. 8. 12 Deut. 28,7. 15 Num. 247. φησιν ἥττης τῶν ἀνθρώπων, οἷς σμήνη σφηκῶν ἀντιτάξειν ἐπ’ ὀλέθρῳ αἰσχίστῳ προπολεμοῦντα τῶν ὁσίων. τούτους δ’ οὐ μόνον τὴν ἐν πολέμῳ νίκην ἀναιμωτὶ βεβαίω…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
the Old Testament observance of the Law was followed by temporal prosperity, as may be gathered from Dt. 28:1-14 ; whereas many kinds of trouble ensue to those who observe the New Law, as stated in 2 Cor. 6:4-10 : "Let us exhibit ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patienc…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 178 (Migne)
cet cunctis operibus manuum tuarum et foenerabis gentibus multis et ipse a nullo foenus accipies. (Deut. XXVIII, 2-12) . Ecce in remuneratione implendae legis sicut hominibus ita et fructui jumentorum tuorum, gregi armentorum tuorum, et caulis ovium benedictio promittitur, et n…
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