You will be cursed when you come in, and you will be cursed when you go out.
Parallel translations
- KJV Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
- BSB You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
- NKJV “Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.
- NASB “Cursed will you be when you come in, and cursed will you be when you go out.
- NLT Wherever you go and whatever you do, you will be cursed.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Deut 28:6You shall be blessed when you come in, and you shall be blessed when you go out.
- 2 Chr 15:5In those times there was no peace to him who went out, nor to him who came in; but great troubles were on all the inhabitants of the lands.
- Judg 5:6–7“In the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were unoccupied. The travelers walked through byways.
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