lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God.
Deuteronomy 8:12 - Revised Standard Version CI lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses and live in them, Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses and live in them, American Standard Version (1901) lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; Common English Bible When you eat, get full, build nice houses, and settle down, Catholic Public Domain Version Otherwise, after you have eaten and been satisfied, and have built beautiful houses and have lived in them, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Lest after thou hast eaten and art filled, hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them. |
lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor, and steal, and profane the name of my God.
who say, ‘The time is not near to build houses; this city is the caldron, and we are the flesh.’
Therefore because you trample upon the poor and take from him exactions of wheat, you have built houses of hewn stone, but you shall not dwell in them; you have planted pleasant vineyards, but you shall not drink their wine.
“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this house lies in ruins?
Likewise as it was in the days of Lot—they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built,
“Because you did not serve the Lord your God with joyfulness and gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things,
For when I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to give to their fathers, and they have eaten and are full and grown fat, they will turn to other gods and serve them, and despise me and break my covenant.
“But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked; you waxed fat, you grew thick, you became sleek; then he forsook God who made him, and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.
“And when the Lord your God brings you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you, with great and goodly cities, which you did not build,
and when your herds and flocks multiply, and your silver and gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied,