Deuteronomy 8 ~ Deuteronomy 8

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1 Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers.

Every commandment which I command thee this day shall ye take heed to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and enter in and possess the land which Jehovah swore unto your fathers.

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

And thou shalt remember all the way which Jehovah thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thy heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or not.

3 S o He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord.

And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with the manna, which thou hadst not known, and which thy fathers knew not; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread alone, but by everything that goeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.

4 Y our garments did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.

Thy clothing grew not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.

5 Y ou should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the Lord your God chastens you.

And know in thy heart that, as a man chasteneth his son, so Jehovah thy God chasteneth thee;

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

and thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to 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, that flow out of valleys and hills;

For Jehovah thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of water-brooks, of springs, and of deep waters, that gush forth in the valleys and hills;

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

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

9 a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron and out of whose hills you can dig copper.

a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, where thou shalt lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose mountains thou wilt dig copper.

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

And thou shalt eat and be filled, and shalt bless Jehovah thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.

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

Beware that thou forget not Jehovah thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command thee this day;

12 l est— when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them;

lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built and inhabited fine houses,

13 a nd when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;

and thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied,

14 w hen your heart is lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

15 w ho led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock;

who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there is no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

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

who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

17 t hen you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’

—and thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand has procured me this wealth.

18 And 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 thou shalt remember Jehovah thy God, that it is he who giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

19 T hen it shall be, if you by any means forget the Lord your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.

And it shall be, if thou do at all forget Jehovah thy God, and go after other gods, and serve them, and bow down to them, I testify against you this day that ye shall utterly perish.

20 A s the nations which the Lord destroys before you, so you shall perish, because you would not be obedient to the voice of the Lord your God.

As the nations which Jehovah is causing to perish before you, so shall ye perish; because ye would not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah your God.