lest I become satisfied and deny You and say, “Who is Adonai?” Or lest I become poor, and steal and profane the Name of my God.
Deuteronomy 8:12 - Tree of Life Version Otherwise, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and lived in them, 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. |
lest I become satisfied and deny You and say, “Who is Adonai?” Or lest I become poor, and steal and profane the Name of my God.
I increased my possessions. I built myself houses and I planted myself vineyards.
who say, ‘This is not the time to build houses! This city is the cooking pot and we are the meat!’
Therefore, because you trample on the poor, exacting from him a burden of grain, you built houses of hewn stone, but will not dwell in them, you planted pleasant vineyards, but will not drink their wine.
“Is it a time for you yourselves to dwell in your paneled houses, while this House lies in ruins?
“It was just the same in the days of Lot. They were eating, drinking, buying, selling, planting, building.
Instead of serving Adonai your God with joy and goodness of heart, out of the abundance of everything,
“For when I bring them to the land flowing with milk and honey that I swore to their fathers, and they eat and are satisfied and grow fat—then they will turn to other gods and serve them, and they will spurn Me and break My covenant.
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— you got fat, you grew thick, you gorged! He forsook God who made him. He mocked the Rock of his salvation.
“Now when Adonai your God brings you into the land that He swore to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob—to give you great and good cities that you did not build,
and when your herds and flocks multiply, and silver and gold multiplies for you and all that is yours multiplies,