King James Version
Deuteronomy 28:19 in the King James Version says “Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 28 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.”
Deuteronomy 28:19 · KJV
Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
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.
Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
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. for: Heb. which thou wouldest do
The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shalt thou be when thou comest in”
H935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
“shalt thou be when thou goest out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
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