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Deuteronomy 8:17

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15 He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.

16 He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.

You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”

18 But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.

19 If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.

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BSB
You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
KJV
And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
WEB
and lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.”
ASV
and [lest] thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.
DARBY
and thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand has procured me this wealth.
BLB
and you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.”
ÅB
Si da ikke ved deg selv: Det er min kraft og min sterke hånd som har vunnet meg denne rikdom,
OTB
Du kan si i ditt hjerte: ‘Min kraft og styrken i mine hender har skaffet meg denne rikdommen.’
B1930
Si da ikke ved dig selv: Det er min kraft og min sterke hånd som har vunnet mig denne rikdom,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 9:4

    When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.

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  • 1 Corinthians 4:7

    For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?

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  • Daniel 4:30

    the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”

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  • Isaiah 10:8–14

    “Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.

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  • Hosea 12:8

    And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”

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  • Deuteronomy 7:17

    You may say in your heart, “These nations are greater than we are; how can we drive them out?”

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  • Habakkuk 1:16

    Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.

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