Deuteronomy 8

1 You must keep all the commands that I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that Yahweh swore to your fathers.

All the commandment which I am commanding thee to-day, shalt thou, observe, to do, —that ye may, live, and multiply, and enter in and possess the land, which Yahweh sware unto your fathers.

2 You will call to mind all the ways that Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order that he might humble you, that he might test you to know what was in your heart, as to whether you would keep his commandments or not.

So then, thou shalt remember all the way in which Yahweh thy God caused thee to journey these forty years in the desert, —that he might humble thee to put thee to the proof to know what was in thy heart, —whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or not.

3 He humbled you, and made you hunger, and fed you with manna, which you had not known and which your fathers had not known. He did that to make you know that it is not by bread alone that people live; rather, it is by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh that people live.

So he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna which thou hadst not known, neither had thy fathers known, —that he might lead thee to consider that not on bread alone, shall the son of earth live, but on whatsoever cometh from the bidding of Yahweh, shall the son of earth live.

4 Your clothing did not wear out and fall off you, and your feet did not swell up during those forty years.

Thy mantle, hath not fallen with age from off thee, and, thy foot, hath not become swollen, —these forty years.

5 You will think about in your heart, how, as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.

Thou must consider, then with thy heart, —that as a man chasteneth his son, Yahweh thy God, hath been chastening thee.

6 You will keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, so that you might walk in his ways and honor him.

Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments of Yahweh thy God, —to walk in his ways and to revere him.

7 For Yahweh your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out into valleys and among hills;

For, Yahweh thy God, is bringing thee into a good land; a land of ravines of water, of fountains and depths, coming forth in valley, and in mountain:

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

a land of wheat and barley, and vine and fig-tree, and pomegranate, —a land of olive oil, and honey:

9 It is a land in which you will eat bread without lack, and where you will not go without anything; a land whose stones are made of iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.

a land wherein not in scarcity, shalt thou eat food, thou shalt lack nothing therein, —a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest hew copper.

10 You will eat and be full, and you will bless Yahweh your God for the good land that he has given you.

So then thou shalt eat and be satisfied, —and bless Yahweh thy God, for the good land which he hath given unto thee.

11 Be careful that you do not forget Yahweh your God, and that you do not neglect his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes that I am commanding you today,

Take heed to thyself, lest thou forget Yahweh thy God, —so as not to keep his commandments and his regulations and his statutes, which I am commanding thee to-day;

12 otherwise, when you eat and are full, and when you build good houses and live in them, your heart will be lifted up.

lest thou eat, and be satisfied, —and goodly houses, thou build and inhabit;

13 Be careful when your herds and flocks multiply and when your silver and gold increase, and all that you have is multiplied,

and thy herd and thy flock, increase, and silver and gold, increase unto thee, —and all that thou hast, increase;

14 then your heart becomes lifted up and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

and so thy heart be lifted up, —and thou forget Yahweh thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt out of the house of servants;

15 Do not forget him who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the rock of flint.

who caused thee to journey through the great and terrible desert, of fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty wastes where was no water, —who brought forth for thee water out of the flinty rock;

16 He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your ancestors had never known, so that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end,

who fed thee with manna in the desert, which thy fathers had not known, —that he might humble thee, and that he might put thee to the proof, to do thee good in thy hereafter,

17 but you may say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand acquired all this wealth.'

and lest thou shouldest say in thy heart, —Mine own strength and the might of mine own hand, have gotten me this wealth.

18 But you will call to mind Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is today.

But thou shalt remember Yahweh thy God, that it was, he, who had been giving thee strength to get wealth, —that so he might establish his covenant which he sware to thy fathers (as at this day).

19 It will happen that, if you will forget Yahweh your God and walk after other gods, worship them, and reverence them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.

But it shall be if thou forget, Yahweh thy God, and go after ether gods, and serve them, and bow thyself down to them, I testify against you to-day, that ye shall perish:

20 Like the nations that Yahweh is making to perish before you, so will you perish, because you would not listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.

like the nations which, Yahweh, is causing to perish from before you, so, shall ye perish, because ye would not hearken unto the voice of Yahweh your God.