Deuteronomy 28 · Verse 19

Deuteronomy 28:19

Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
Deuteronomy 28:19, King James Version

Deuteronomy 28:19 in other translations

BSBYou will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
WEBYou will be cursed when you come in, and you will be cursed when you go out.
ASVCursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
YLT‘Cursed art thou in thy coming in, and cursed art thou in thy going out.
DARBYCursed shalt thou be in thy coming in, and cursed shalt thou be in thy going out.
BBEYou will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
WebsterCursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

What does Deuteronomy 28:19 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 28:15-20

15-20. But ... if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord--Curses that were to follow them in the event of disobedience are now enumerated, and they are almost exact counterparts of the blessings which were described in the preceding context as the reward of a faithful adherence to the covenant.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:15-44

If we do not keep God's commandments, we not only come short of the blessing promised, but we lay ourselves under the curse, which includes all misery, as the blessing all happiness. Observe the justice of this curse. It is not a curse causeless, or for some light cause. The extent and power of this curse. Wherever the sinner goes, the curse of God follows; wherever he is, it rests upon him. Whatever he has is under…

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Deuteronomy 28:19 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אָר֥וּר'a.Rur[will be] cursedH779
אַתָּ֖ה'a.TahyouH859
בְּבֹאֶ֑ךָbe.vo.'E.khawhen coming youH935
וְאָר֥וּרve.'a.Rurand [will be] cursedH779
אַתָּ֖ה'a.TahyouH859
בְּצֵאתֶֽךָ\׃be.tze.Te.khawhen going out youH3318

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 28:19

  • Deuteronomy 28:6

    Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:5

    And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries.

  • Judges 5:6-7

    In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, and the travellers walked through byways. The inhabitants of the villages ceased, they ceased in Israel, until that I Deborah arose, that I arose a mother in Israel.

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6; Jud 5:6,7; 2Ch 15:5

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 28:18

    Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.

  • Deuteronomy 28:19

    Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.

  • Deuteronomy 28:20

    The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

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Deuteronomy 28:19 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Maldito serás en tu entrar, y maldito en tu salir.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tu seras maudit en entrant, et tu seras maudit en sortant.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Verflucht wirst du sein bei deinem Eingang, und verflucht wirst du sein bei deinem Ausgang. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Maledictus eris ingrediens, et maledictus egrediens.