1 Y ou shall observe to do all the commandments which I command you today, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers.

“All the commandments that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to give to your forefathers.

2 Y ou shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

You shall remember all the way which the Lord your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not.

3 H e humbled you, and allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know; that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of Yahweh’s mouth.

He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.

4 Y our clothing didn’t grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.

Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years.

5 Y ou shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.

Thus you are to know in your heart that the Lord your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son.

6 Y ou shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

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

7 F or Yahweh your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;

For 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;

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

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

9 a land in which you shall eat bread without scarceness, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.

a land where you will eat food without scarcity, in which you will not lack anything; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.

10 Y ou shall eat and be full, and you shall bless Yahweh your God for the good land which he has given you.

When you have eaten and are satisfied, you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you.

11 B eware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you today;

“ Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping His commandments and His ordinances and His statutes which I am commanding you today;

12 l est, when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses, and lived in them;

otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them,

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

and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and gold multiply, and all that you have multiplies,

14 t hen your heart might be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

15 w ho led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who poured water for you out of the rock of flint;

He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; He brought water for you out of the rock of flint.

16 w ho fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn’t know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end:

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

17 a nd lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.”

Otherwise, you may say in your heart, ‘My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.’

18 B ut you shall remember Yahweh 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 today.

But you shall remember the Lord your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

19 I t shall be, if you shall forget Yahweh your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you today that you shall surely perish.

It shall come about if you ever forget the Lord your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.

20 A s the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you wouldn’t listen to Yahweh your God’s voice.

Like the nations that the Lord makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you would not listen to the voice of the Lord your God.