The Meaning of Deuteronomy 28:6 Explained

Deuteronomy 28:6

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

YLT: Blessed art thou in thy coming in, and blessed art thou in thy going out.

Darby: Blessed shalt thou be in thy coming in, and blessed shalt thou be in thy going out.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Deuteronomy 28:6 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 28:1-19 - Blessings Upon The Obedient
A remarkable chapter! The epitome of what Israel might have been, contrasted with what she became! It is on account of the transgressions that the centuries have augmented her sum of misery. Oh, that we may never have to lament what we might have been!
These opening verses contain the Beatitudes of the Old Testament. They have their counterparts in the New. Remember that God bends over your life, rejoicing to do you good, and finding pleasure in whatever may enrich your life or flow through it to enrich others. Ask especially that in His great power and grace He shall smite your enemies before you, and establish you unto himself, and open to you His good treasure. If you are in Christ, all things are yours. Possess your possessions, 1 Corinthians 3:21-22; Obadiah 1:17; Obadiah 1:19-20. [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 28

1  The blessings for obedience
15  The curses for disobedience

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 28:6 mean?

Blessed [shall be] you when you come in and blessed [shall be] when you go out
בָּר֥וּךְ אַתָּ֖ה בְּבֹאֶ֑ךָ וּבָר֥וּךְ בְּצֵאתֶֽךָ

בָּר֥וּךְ  Blessed  [shall  be] 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: בָּרַךְ 
Sense: to bless, kneel.
בְּבֹאֶ֑ךָ  when  you  come  in 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, second person masculine singular
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
וּבָר֥וּךְ  and  blessed  [shall  be] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, masculine singular
Root: בָּרַךְ 
Sense: to bless, kneel.
בְּצֵאתֶֽךָ  when  you  go  out 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, second person masculine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.