Deuteronomy 8

1 You shall observe to do all the commandment which I command you this day, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers.

You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.

2 You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to prove you, and to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.

Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.

3 He humbled you, and allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God shall humankind live.

He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

4 Your clothing did not grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.

Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.

5 You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you.

So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.

6 You shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, walking in His ways and fearing Him.

7 For the LORD your God brings you into a good and spacious land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;

For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;

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

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

9 a land in which you shall eat bread without scarcity, and in which you will lack nothing; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.

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.

10 You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which he has given you.

When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.

11 Beware lest you forget the LORD your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you this day:

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 lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived in them;

Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,

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

and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,

14 then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;

then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

15 who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint;

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 who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know; that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end:

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.

17 and lest you say in your heart, "My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth."

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

18 But you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as at this day.

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 It shall be, if you shall forget the LORD your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.

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.

20 As the nations that the LORD makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you wouldn't listen to the voice of the LORD your God.

Like the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.