Deuteronomy 28:6
in Deuteronomy 28You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
KJV
Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 28
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country
on Deuteronomy 28:3-6
Six blessings fall in pairs, city and country, coming in and going out, with the fruit of body, land and livestock set between them. Each pair names two ends to take in all between, so the blessing covers all of life.
This site's exposition
when you come in
Coming in and going out names the whole round of a man's business, and Wesley glosses it as all his affairs. Calvin draws the dependence out of the list: a man can neither move a foot nor stand still without the blessing of God.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
We need him at every turn, in all the various movements of life; we cannot be safe if he withdraw his protection, nor easy if he suspend his favour; but, if he bless us, go where we will it is well with us. [2.] Their families should be built up in a numerous issue: blessed shall be the fruit of thy body (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens
), their cows and sheep particularly, which would be blessed for the owners' sakes, and made blessings to them. In order to this, it is promised that God would give them rain in due season, which is called his good treasure (
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Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out. In all their business and employments of life whether within doors or without; in the administration of every office, whether more public or private; and in all their journeys going out and coming home; and particularly when they went out to war, and returned, all should be attended with success.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
When thou comest in - From thy employment, thou shalt find that no evil has happened to the family or dwelling in thy absence. When thou goest out - Thy way shall be made prosperous before thee, and thou shalt have the Divine blessing in all thy labors.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בָּר֥וּךְ | barukh | [will be] blessed | H1288 → | 330 times |
| אַתָּ֖ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| בְּבֹאֶ֑ךָ | bevoekha | when coming you | H935 → | 2568 times |
| וּבָר֥וּךְ | uvarukh | and [will be] blessed | H1288 → | 330 times |
| אַתָּ֖ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| בְּצֵאתֶֽךָ׃ | betzetekha | when going out you | H3318 → | 1067 times |
בָּר֥וּךְ[will be] blessed
barukhH1288 →330 times
אַתָּ֖הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
בְּבֹאֶ֑ךָwhen coming you
bevoekhaH935 →2568 times
וּבָר֥וּךְand [will be] blessed
uvarukhH1288 →330 times
אַתָּ֖הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
בְּצֵאתֶֽךָ׃when going out you
betzetekhaH3318 →1067 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 121:8The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
it leads to
- Proverbs 2:8
to guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His saints.
- Proverbs 3:6
in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
- Psalms 113:2
Blessed be the name of the LORD both now and forevermore.
- Ezra 8:31
On the twelfth day of the first month we set out from the Ahava Canal to go to Jerusalem, and the hand of our God was upon us to protect us from the hands…
- Psalms 115:18
But it is we who will bless the LORD, both now and forevermore. Hallelujah!
- Proverbs 2:8
Through
2 Chronicles 1:10Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
it leads to
- 1 Kings 3:9
Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
- 1 Kings 3:9
Through
Deuteronomy 31:2he said to them, “I am now a hundred and twenty years old; I am no longer able to come and go, and the LORD has said to me, ‘You shall not cross the…
it leads to
- Numbers 27:17
who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 27:17
Through
Numbers 27:17who will go out and come in before them, and who will lead them out and bring them in, so that the congregation of the LORD will not be like sheep without a shepherd.”
it leads to
- Ezekiel 34:5
They were scattered for lack of a shepherd, and when they were scattered they became food for all the wild beasts.
- Ezekiel 34:5
Where this verse is studied
On this page
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Calvin, Commentaries on the Four Last Books of Moses; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.