Deuteronomy 28:19

What does Deuteronomy 28:19 mean?

A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 28:19 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`Cursed <FI>art<Fi> thou in thy coming in, and cursed <FI>art<Fi> thou in thy going out.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Cursed shalt thou be coming in, and cursed going out.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Cursed shalt thou be in thy coming in, and cursed shalt thou be in thy going out.

Context

v.18Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.

v.19This passage

v.20Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

Cross references

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

  • Judges 5:6

    In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, In the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied, And the travellers walked through byways.

  • 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 lands.

  • Deuteronomy 28:6

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

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