God bless you
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God bless you
Where it comes from
From Middle English God blesse you, God blisse you. A clause in the present subjunctive inherited intact from a time when English was freely productive of it. Diachronically it is not a shortening; synchronically it is often surface-analyzed as such; present-day English has a heavy need for the modal auxiliary (may) to ensure syntactic clarity, whereas earlier English could more easily drop it.
interjection God bless you !
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May God bless you; said as a short prayer, benediction, or valediction for the recipient; usually religiously; sometimes nonliterally but rhetorically or culturally.
I heard you helped them with clearing away the downed tree. God bless you! The Lord provides!
Similar: God bless, bless you, God be with you
- Said to somebody who has sneezed, as a rhetorical response; alternative form of bless you.
Translations
Every language
intj said as a short prayer for the recipient
| Español | ¡que Dios te bendiga! |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 神様の祝福 kamisama no shukufuku |
| 中文 | 上帝保佑你 shàngdì bǎoyòu nǐ |
| हिन्दी | ईश्वर आपका भला करे īśvar āpkā bhalā kare |
| Kiswahili | Mungu akubariki |
| Português | Deus te abençoe |
| Français | que Dieu te bénisse |
| Deutsch | Gott segne dich, Gottes Segen |
| Italiano | Dio ti benedica |
| Ελληνικά | ευλογημένος να ’σαι evlogiménos na ’sai, να ’σαι καλά na ’sai kalá |
| Română | Dumnezeu să te binecuvânteze! |
| Русский | да благослови́т тебя́ госпо́дь da blagoslovít tebjá gospódʹ, да благослови́т тебя́ бог da blagoslovít tebjá box |
| العربية | حَيَّاك اللّٰه ḥayyāk allāh, بَارَكَ اللّٰه فِيكَ bāraka llāh fīka, بَارَكَ اللّٰه فِيكِ bāraka llāh fīki |
intj said to somebody who has sneezed
| Español | ¡Jesús!, ¡salud!, ¡santinos!, gesúndeit |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 一百歲 /一百岁 yībǎi suì |
| Português | saúde |
| Français | à vos souhaits, à tes souhaits |
| Deutsch | Gesundheit! |
| Italiano | salute! |
| Ελληνικά | γείτσες geítses |
| Română | sănătate! |
| Русский | будь здоро́в budʹ zdoróv, будь здоро́ва budʹ zdoróva, бу́дьте здоро́вы búdʹte zdoróvy |
| עברית | לִבְרִיאוּת livri'út |
Talk about this word "God bless you." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/god%20bless%20you. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. God bless you. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/god%20bless%20you "God bless you." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/god%20bless%20you.Cite this
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title = {God bless you},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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