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Deuteronomy 8
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
1All the commandments, that I command thee this day, take great care to observe: that you may live, and be multiplied, and going in may possess the land, for which the Lord swore to your fathers.
1Take care to keep all the orders which I give you today, so that you may have life and be increased and go in and take as a heritage the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, undertook to give you.
2And thou shalt remember all the way through which the Lord thy God hath brought thee for forty years through the desert, to afflict thee and to prove thee, and that the things that were known in thy heart might be made known, whether thou wouldst keep his commandments or no.
2And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.
3He afflicted thee with want, and gave thee manna for thy food, which neither thou nor thy fathers knew: to shew that not in bread alone doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God.
3And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.
4Thy raiment, with which thou wast covered, hath not decayed for age, and thy foot is not worn, lo this is the fortieth year,
4Through all these forty years your clothing did not get old or your feet become tired.
5That thou mayst consider in thy heart, that as a man traineth up his son, so the Lord thy God hath trained thee up.
5Keep in mind this thought, that as a son is trained by his father, so you have been trained by the Lord your God.
6That thou shouldst keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and fear him.
6Then keep the orders of the Lord your God, fearing him and walking in his ways.
7For the Lord thy God will bring thee into a good land, of brooks and of waters, and of fountains: in the plains of which and the hills deep rivers break out:
7For the Lord your God is guiding you into a good land, a land of water-springs, of fountains, and deep streams flowing out from the valleys and the hills;
8A land of wheat, and barley, and vineyards, wherein fig trees and pomegranates, and oliveyards grow: a land of oil and honey.
8A land of grain and vines and fig-trees and fair fruits; a land of oil-giving olive-trees and honey;
9Where without any want thou shalt eat thy bread, and enjoy abundance of all things: where the stones are iron, and out of its hills are dug mines of brass:
9Where there will be bread for you in full measure and you will be in need of nothing; a land where the very stones are iron and from whose hills you may get copper.
10That when thou hast eaten, and art full, thou mayst bless the Lord thy God for the excellent land which he hath given thee.
10And you will have food enough and be full, praising the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.
11Take heed, and beware lest at any time thou forget the Lord thy God, and neglect his commandments and judgments and ceremonies, which I command thee this day:
11Then take care that you are not turned away from the Lord your God and from keeping his orders and decisions and laws which I give you this day:
12Lest after thou hast eaten and art filled, hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them,
12And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them;
13And shalt have herds of oxen and flocks of sheep, and plenty of gold and of silver, and of all things,
13And when your herds and your flocks are increased, and your stores of silver and gold, and you have wealth of every sort;
14Thy heart be lifted up, and thou remember not the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage:
14Take care that your hearts are not lifted up in pride, giving no thought to the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house;
15And was thy leader in the great and terrible wilderness, wherein there was the serpent burning with his breath, and the scorpion and the dipsas, and no waters at all: who brought forth streams out of the hardest rock,
15Who was your guide through that great and cruel waste, where there were poison-snakes and scorpions and a dry land without water; who made water come out of the hard rock for you;
16And fed thee in the wilderness with manna which thy fathers knew not. And after he had afflicted and proved thee, at the last he had mercy on thee,
16Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;
17Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart: My own might, and the strength of my own hand have achieved all these things for me.
17Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth.
18But remember the Lord thy God, that he hath given thee strength, that he might fulfil his covenant, concerning which he swore to thy fathers, as this present day sheweth.
18But keep in mind the Lord your God: for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth, so that he may give effect to the agreement which he made by his oath with your fathers, as at this day.
19But if thou forget the Lord thy God, and follow strange gods, and serve and adore them: behold now I foretell thee that thou shalt utterly perish.
19And it is certain that if at any time you are turned away from the Lord your God, and go after other gods, to be their servants and to give them worship, destruction will overtake you.