Deuteronomy 8:10
8 a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;
9 a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.
When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.
11 Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
12 Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.
- KJV
- When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
- WEB
- You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which he has given you.
- ASV
- And thou shalt eat and be full, and thou shalt bless Jehovah thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
- DARBY
- And thou shalt eat and be filled, and shalt bless Jehovah thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
- BLB
- And you will eat and be satisfied; and you will bless YHWH your God for the good land that He has given you.
- ÅB
- og når du så spiser og blir mett og lover Herren din Gud for det gode land han har gitt deg,
- OTB
- Når du har spist og er mett, skal du velsigne Herren din Gud for det gode landet Han har gitt deg.
- B1930
- og når du så eter og blir mett og lover Herren din Gud for det gode land han har gitt dig,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 103:2
Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—
Read in contextRomans 14:6
He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
Read in contextProverbs 3:9
Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
Read in contextMatthew 14:19
And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
Read in context1 Chronicles 29:14
But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 6:11–12
with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,
Read in context1 Timothy 4:4–5
For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
Read in context1 Corinthians 10:31
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
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