1 A ll the commandments which I command you this day you shall be watchful to do, that you may live and multiply and go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to give to your fathers.

“Be careful to do all that I am telling you today. Then you will live and have many children, and go in to own the land the Lord promised to give to your fathers.

2 A nd you shall remember all the way which the Lord your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

You will remember all the way the Lord your God led you in the desert these forty years, so you would not have pride, and how He tested you to know what was in your heart to see if you would obey His Laws or not.

3 A nd He humbled you and allowed you to hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you recognize and personally know that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.

He let you be hungry which helped you to not have pride. Then He fed you with bread from heaven which you and your fathers had not known. He did this to make you understand that man does not live by bread alone. But man lives by everything that comes out of the mouth of the Lord.

4 Y our clothing did not become old upon you nor did your feet swell these forty years.

Your clothes did not wear out, and your feet did not get sore during these forty years.

5 K now also in your hearts that, as a man disciplines and instructs his son, so the Lord your God disciplines and instructs you.

So know in your heart that the Lord your God was punishing you just as a man punishes his son.

6 S o you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in His ways and fear Him.

Keep the Laws of the Lord your God. Walk in His ways, and fear Him.

7 F or the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;

For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of rivers and wells of water, flowing into valleys from hills.

8 A land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey;

It is a land of grains, vines, fig trees, fruit, olive oil and honey.

9 A land in which you shall eat food without shortage and lack nothing in it; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper.

It is a land where you will have enough food to eat and not have to do without, a land where stones are iron. And you can make brass from what you dig out of its hills.

10 W hen you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the Lord your God for all the good land which He has given you.

When you have eaten and are filled, you will honor and thank the Lord your God for the good land He has given you.

11 B eware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments, His precepts, and His statutes which I command you today,

“Be careful not to forget the Lord your God by not keeping all His Laws which I am telling you today.

12 L est when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses and live in them,

When you have eaten and are filled, and have built good houses to live in,

13 A nd when your herds and flocks multiply and your silver and gold is multiplied and all you have is multiplied,

and when your cattle and flocks become many, and you get much silver and gold, and have many things for your own,

14 T hen your hearts be lifted up and you forget the Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage,

be careful not to become proud. Do not forget the Lord your God Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house where you were servants.

15 W ho led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, but Who brought you forth water out of the flinty rock,

He led you through the big desert that brought fear with its poisonous snakes and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water. He brought you water out of hard rock.

16 W ho fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end.

In the desert He fed you bread from heaven, which your fathers did not know about. He did this so you would not have pride and that He might test you. It was for your good in the end.

17 A nd beware lest you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.

Be careful not to say in your heart, ‘My power and strong hand have made me rich.’

18 B ut you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He Who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

But remember the Lord your God. For it is He Who is giving you power to become rich. By this He may keep His agreement which He promised to your fathers, as it is this day.

19 A nd if you forget the Lord your God and walk after other gods and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.

If you ever forget the Lord your God and go to other gods to worship and work for them, I tell you today that you will be destroyed for sure.

20 L ike the nations which the Lord makes to perish before you, so shall you perish, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord your God.

You will be destroyed like the nations the Lord destroys before you, because you would not listen to the voice of the Lord your God.