Deuteronomy 8:12
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
Deuteronomy 8:12 in other translations
| BSB | Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell, |
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| WEB | lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses and lived in them; |
| ASV | lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; |
| YLT | lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited; |
| DARBY | lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built and inhabited fine houses, |
| BBE | And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them; |
| Webster | Lest when thou hast eaten, and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them; |
What does Deuteronomy 8:12 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 8:11-20
11-20. Beware that thou forget not the Lord--After mentioning those instances of the divine goodness, Moses founded on them an argument for their future obedience.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:10-20
Moses directs to the duty of a prosperous condition. Let them always remember their Benefactor. In everything we must give thanks. Moses arms them against the temptations of a prosperous condition. When men possess large estates, or are engaged in profitable business, they find the temptation to pride, forgetfulness of God, and carnal-mindedness, very strong; and they are anxious and troubled about many things. In…
Deuteronomy 8:12 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 8:12
- Proverbs 30:9
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
- Hosea 13:5-6
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought. According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
- Deuteronomy 28:47
Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
- Deuteronomy 32:15
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
- Amos 5:11
Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens 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 wine of them.
- Jeremiah 22:14-15
That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him?
- Luke 17:28
Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;
- Haggai 1:4
Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?
- Deuteronomy 31:20
For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
- Ecclesiastes 2:4
I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards:
- Ezekiel 11:3
Which say, It is not near; let us build houses: this city is the caldron, and we be the flesh.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 8:11
Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
- Deuteronomy 8:12
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
- Deuteronomy 8:13
And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
Deuteronomy 8:12 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Que quizá no comas y te hartes, y edifiques buenas casas en que mores, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | de peur que, quand tu mangeras, et que tu seras rassasié, et que tu bâtiras de bonnes maisons et y habiteras, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | damit nicht, wenn du issest und satt wirst, und schöne Häuser baust und bewohnst, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ne postquam comederis et satiatus fueris, domos pulchras ædificaveris, et habitaveris in eis, |