God’s Word Translation
Deuteronomy 28:19
19You will be cursed when you come and cursed when you go.
Deuteronomy 28:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
- New International Version (NIV)You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.
Context of Deuteronomy 28:19
17The grain you harvest and the bread you bake will be cursed. 18You will be cursed. You will have few children. Your land will have few crops. Your cattle will be cursed with few calves, and your flocks will have few lambs and kids. You will be cursed when you come and cursed when you go. 20The Lord will send you curses, panic, and frustration in everything you do until you’re destroyed and quickly disappear for the evil you will do by abandoning the Lord. 21The Lord will send one plague after another on you until he wipes you out of the land you’re about to enter and take possession of.
Read all of Deuteronomy 28Deuteronomy 28:19 word by word
אָר֥וּר אַתָּ֖ה בְּבֹאֶ֑ךָ וְאָר֥וּר אַתָּ֖ה בְּצֵאתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:19
- Deuteronomy 28:6You will be blessed when you come and blessed when you go.
- Judges 5:6In the days of Shamgar, son of Anath, in the days of Jael, roads were deserted. Those who traveled took back roads.
- 2 Chronicles 15:5At those times no one could come and go in peace, because everyone living in the land had a lot of turmoil.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28:19
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-68Verses 15-68 The curses correspond in form and number Deuteronomy 28:15-19 to the blessings Deuteronomy 28:3-6, and the special modes in which these threats should be executed are described in five groups of denunciations Deuteronomy 28:20-26 First series of judgments. The curse of God should rest on all they did, and should issue in manifold forms of disease, in famine, and in defeat in war. Deuteronomy 28:20 Vexation - Rather, confusion: the word in the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-44Verses 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 a curse. All his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-68This section explains the conditions for receiving the covenant blessing, the types of blessings, and the curses that will occur if people ignore or disobey these rules (28:1–14; 28:15–68).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-2015-20. 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.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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