What Does Deuteronomy 28:6 Mean?
Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed when you go out.
Key words are shown with the Hebrew or Greek and what each word meant.
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King James wording
King James Version
Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.THE KEY
Blessing meets you at both thresholds, so the promise reaches beyond the destination to the whole movement of your day.
THE MEANING
Your going out and coming in are both named as places of blessing. The verse meets you at either threshold, covering the ordinary movement between where you leave and where you arrive.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that blessing belongs only at the safe arrival: your going out is named too.
THE ROOT
בָּרוּךְ
barukh
GROWS FROM
ברך
To bless or speak favor over.
“Blessed shall you be when you come in” in this verse is barukh. English can make “blessed” sound like an outcome, while barukh is spoken over you at each threshold. Its consonants also echo berekh, “knee,” a traditional word-link that gives blessing a resonance of bending and receiving.
ALSO GROWS
berakhah: Blessing
בְּרָכָה
The same root names blessing itself, making the repeated words here part of a wider language of favor.
mevorakh: Blessed
מְבֹרָךְ
This related form describes one who receives or bears blessing, echoing the verse’s direct address to you.
berekh: Knee
בֶּרֶךְ
It shares the consonants ברך; the traditional word-link lets blessing carry a resonance of bending and receiving.
בְּבֹאֶךָ
bevo’ekha
GROWS FROM
בוא
To come or arrive.
“comest in” in this verse is bevo’ekha. The wording keeps the blessing with you in motion, at the point of arrival rather than only once you have settled. Set beside “goest out,” it names one side of a complete daily rhythm.
ALSO GROWS
boʾ: Come, enter, arrive
בּוֹא
This is the underlying movement in “comest in,” so the phrase emphasizes arrival as something still unfolding.
mavo: Entrance, approach
מָבוֹא
The related word can name an entrance itself, linking the act of coming to the threshold where this verse places blessing.
בְּצֵאתֶךָ
betsetekha
GROWS FROM
יצא
To go out or depart.
“goest out” in this verse is betsetekha. The verse pairs departure with arrival so neither direction stands outside its blessing. Hebrew uses a distinct verb for each threshold, making the coverage concrete rather than leaving it as a general promise.
ALSO GROWS
yatsaʾ: Go out, depart
יָצָא
This is the root verb behind “goest out,” naming the moment of leaving as included in the blessing.
yetzi’ah: Going out, departure
יְצִיאָה
The related noun preserves the same departure-root, extending the verse’s language from this action to the broader experience of setting out.
THE PATTERN
Care and flourishing are pictured as encompassing the whole movement of life, from departure through return.
The LORD watches over your going out and your coming in, from now and to the ages.I am the door. Through me, if anyone enters, he shall be delivered, and shall go in and out, and shall find pasture.THE THREAD
The LORD watches over your going out and your coming in, from now and to the ages.Psalm 121 uses the same Hebrew roots for going out and coming in, and places both within the LORD’s preserving care. The shared wording opens Deuteronomy’s blessing as a promise that meets you across the whole path, not only at its destination.
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