if I rejoiced because of my great wealth or because of the abundance my hand acquired,
Deuteronomy 8:17 - Tree of Life Version You may say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand has made me this wealth.’ Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And beware lest you say in your [mind and] heart, My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth. American Standard Version (1901) and lest thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth. Common English Bible Don’t think to yourself, My own strength and abilities have produced all this prosperity for me. Catholic Public Domain Version Otherwise, you might say in your heart: 'My own strength, and the power of my own hand, have brought forth all these things for me.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart: My own might, and the strength of my own hand have achieved all these things for me. |
if I rejoiced because of my great wealth or because of the abundance my hand acquired,
With Your hand You displaced nations, but You planted them. You afflicted peoples, and You drove them out.
a time to seek and a time to lose, a time to keep and a time to discard;
I further observed under the sun: The race is not to the swift nor the battle to the mighty, nor does bread come to the wise, or wealth to the discerning, or favor to the skillful; for time and chance befall them all.
Thus says Adonai: “Let not the wise boast in his wisdom nor the mighty boast in his might nor the rich glory in his riches.
In your great skill, by your trade, you have increased your wealth, so your heart is exalted by your wealth.’”
the king exclaimed, “Is this not the great Babylon that I have built as the royal residence by my mighty power and for the glory of my majesty?”
Immediately the word about Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from men, ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.
Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet, and offers incense to his fishing-net. For through them his portion is rich and his food abundant.
For who makes you different? And what do you have that you did not receive? But if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
Suppose you say in your heart, ‘These nations are more numerous than I—how can I drive them out?’
“After Adonai your God has driven them out from before you, do not say in your heart, ‘It is because of my righteousness that Adonai has brought me in to possess this land.’ It is because of the wickedness of these nations that Adonai is driving them out from before you.
But Adonai said to Gideon, “Too many are the people who are with you, for Me to give the Midianites into their hand. Otherwise Israel would glorify itself against Me saying, ‘My own hand has delivered me.’
“You must not do so, my brothers with what Adonai has given us,” David said. “It is He who has protected us and gave into our hands the raiding band that attacked us.