Deuteronomy 8:12
10 When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
11 Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
13 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
14 Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
- KJV
- Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
- WEB
- lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses and lived in them;
- ASV
- lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
- DARBY
- lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built and inhabited fine houses,
- BLB
- lest you eat and be satisfied and build and inhabit beautiful houses;
- ÅB
- og vokt deg at du ikke, når du spiser og blir mett og bygger gode hus og bor i dem,
- OTB
- ellers, når du spiser og er mett, og du bygger fine hus og bor i dem,
- B1930
- og vokt dig at du ikke, når du eter og blir mett og bygger gode hus og bor i dem,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 30:9
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Read in contextHosea 13:5–6
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:47
Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Read in contextAmos 5:11
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.
Read in contextJeremiah 22:14–15
That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion.
Read in contextLuke 17:28
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
Read in contextHaggai 1:4
Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
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