Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall be blessed when you come in, and you shall be blessed when you go out.
- BSB You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
- NKJV “Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.
- NASB “Blessed will you be when you come in, and blessed will you be when you go out.
- NLT Wherever you go and whatever you do, you will be blessed.
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Quick answer
Israel will be blessed coming in and going out, in all their daily activity.
Overview
Coming in and going out describes the full round of life's comings and goings. God's blessing surrounds his obedient people at every turn. This comprehensive favor expresses his constant, watchful care.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Ps 121:8The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore.
- Num 27:17Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.
- 2 Chr 1:10Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people: for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?
- 2 Sam 3:25Thou knowest Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, and to know thy going out and thy coming in, and to know all that thou doest.
- Deut 31:2And he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the LORD hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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