Deuteronomy 8:12
What does Deuteronomy 8:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 8:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
KJV
King James Version · 1611Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Lest after thou hast eaten and art filled, hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built and inhabited fine houses,
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Hosea 13:5
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
- Ecclesiastes 2:4
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards;
- Proverbs 30:9
Lest I be full, and denythee, and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.
- Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
- Amos 5:11
Forasmuch therefore as ye trample upon the poor, and take exactions from him 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 the wine thereof.
- Ezekiel 11:3
that say, The time is not near to build houses: this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.
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