Otherwise, I might have too much and deny you, saying, ‘Who is the Lord? ’ or I might have nothing and steal, profaning the name of my God.
Deuteronomy 8:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When you eat and are full, and build beautiful houses to live in, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
Otherwise, I might have too much and deny you, saying, ‘Who is the Lord? ’ or I might have nothing and steal, profaning the name of my God.
I increased my achievements. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.
They are saying, “Isn’t the time near to build houses? , The city is the pot, and we are the meat.”
Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact a grain tax from him, you will never live in the houses of cut stone you have built; you will never drink the wine from the lush vineyards you have planted.
‘Is it a time for you yourselves to live in your panelled houses, while this house lies in ruins? ’
It will be the same as it was in the days of Lot: People went on eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building.
Because you didn’t serve the Lord your God with joy and a cheerful heart, even though you had an abundance of everything,
When I bring them into the land I swore to give their ancestors, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. They will turn to other gods and worship them, despising me and breaking my covenant.
Then Jeshurun , became fat and rebelled – you became fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
‘When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would give you #– #a land with large and beautiful cities that you did not build,
and your herds and flocks grow large, and your silver and gold multiply, and everything else you have increases,