Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Deuteronomy 8:17

PrideMoney and wealthWorkGratitude

15 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;

16 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;

And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

18 But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.

19 And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

Read the whole chapter

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

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)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 9:4

    Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.

    Read in context

  • 1 Corinthians 4:7

    For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?

    Read in context

  • Daniel 4:30

    The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty?

    Read in context

  • Isaiah 10:8–14

    For he saith, Are not my princes altogether kings?

    Read in context

  • Hosea 12:8

    And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin.

    Read in context

  • Deuteronomy 7:17

    If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?

    Read in context

  • Habakkuk 1:16

    Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.

    Read in context