Deuteronomy · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Deuteronomy 8 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 All the commandments, that I command thee this day, take great care to observe: that you may live, and be multiplied, and going in may possess the land, for which the Lord swore to your fathers.
1 You shall observe to do all the commandments which I command you today, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers.
2 And thou shalt remember all the way through which the Lord thy God hath brought thee for forty years through the desert, to afflict thee and to prove thee, and that the things that were in thy heart might be made known, whether thou wouldst keep his commandments or no.
2 You shall remember all the way which Yahweh your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not.
3 He afflicted thee with want, and gave thee manna for thy food, which neither thou nor thy fathers knew: to shew that not in bread alone doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God.
3 He humbled you, allowed you to be hungry, and fed you with manna, which you didn’t know, neither did your fathers know, that he might teach you that man does not live by bread only, but man lives by every word that proceeds out of Yahweh’s mouth.
4 Thy raiment, with which thou wast covered, hath not decayed for age, and thy foot is not worn, lo this is the fortieth year,
4 Your clothing didn’t grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.
5 That thou mayst consider in thy heart, that as a man traineth up his son, so the Lord thy God hath trained thee up.
5 You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.
6 That thou shouldst keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways, and fear him.
6 You shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
7 For the Lord thy God will bring thee into a good land, of brooks and of waters, and of fountains: in the plains of which and the hills deep rivers break out:
7 For Yahweh your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs, and underground water flowing into valleys and hills;
8 A land of wheat, and barley, and vineyards, wherein fig trees and pomegranates, and oliveyards grow: a land of oil and honey.
8 a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey;
9 Where without any want thou shalt eat thy bread, and enjoy abundance of all things: where the stones are iron, and out of its hills are dug mines of brass:
9 a land in which you shall eat bread without scarcity, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.
10 That when thou hast eaten, and art full, thou mayst bless the Lord thy God for the excellent land which he hath given thee.
10 You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless Yahweh your God for the good land which he has given you.
11 Take heed, and beware lest at any time thou forget the Lord thy God, and neglect his commandments and judgments and ceremonies, which I command thee this day:
11 Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you today;
12 Lest after thou hast eaten and art filled, hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them,
12 lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses and lived in them;
13 And shalt have herds of oxen and flocks of sheep, and plenty of gold and of silver, and of all things,
13 and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;
14 Thy heart be lifted up, and thou remember not the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage:
14 then your heart might be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
15 And was thy leader in the great and terrible wilderness, wherein there was the serpent burning with his breath, and the scorpion and the dipsas, and no waters at all: who brought forth streams out of the hardest rock,
15 who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with venomous snakes and scorpions, and thirsty ground where there was no water; who poured water for you out of the rock of flint;
16 And fed thee in the wilderness with manna which thy fathers knew not. And after he had afflicted and proved thee, at the last he had mercy on thee,
16 who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn’t know, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end;
17 Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart: My own might, and the strength of my own hand have achieved all these things for me.
17 and lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.”
18 But remember the Lord thy God, that he hath given thee strength, that he might fulfill his covenant, concerning which he swore to thy fathers, as this present day sheweth.
18 But you shall remember Yahweh your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he swore to your fathers, as it is today.
19 But if thou forget the Lord thy God, and follow strange gods, and serve and adore them: behold now I foretell thee that thou shalt utterly perish.
19 It shall be, if you shall forget Yahweh your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you shall surely perish.
20 As the nations, which the Lord destroyed at thy entrance, so shall you also perish, if you be disobedient to the voice of the Lord your God.
20 As the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you, so you shall perish, because you wouldn’t listen to Yahweh your God’s voice.
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Deuteronomy 4:1; Deuteronomy 5:32–6:3; 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2; Psalm 119:4–6
- 2 James 1:3; Deuteronomy 8:16; Exodus 16:4; 1 Peter 1:7; Deuteronomy 2:7
- 3 Matthew 4:4; Luke 4:4; Hebrews 13:5–6; Exodus 16:2–3; Psalm 78:23–25
- 4 Nehemiah 9:21; Deuteronomy 29:5
- 5 Revelation 3:19; 2 Samuel 7:14; Proverbs 3:12; Job 5:17–18; Hebrews 12:5–11
- 6 Deuteronomy 5:33; 2 Chronicles 6:31; 1 Samuel 12:24; Psalm 128:1; Exodus 18:20
- 7 Deuteronomy 11:9–12; Exodus 3:8; Ezekiel 20:6; Psalm 65:9–13; Deuteronomy 6:10–11
- 8 John 6:13; Psalm 147:14; John 6:9; Hosea 2:22; Deuteronomy 32:14
- 9 Joshua 22:8; 1 Chronicles 22:14; Deuteronomy 33:25; Job 28:2
- 10 Psalm 103:2; Romans 14:6; Proverbs 3:9; Matthew 14:19; 1 Chronicles 29:14
- 11 Psalm 106:21; Proverbs 1:32; Hosea 2:8–9; Proverbs 30:9; Ezekiel 16:10–15
- 12 Proverbs 30:9; Hosea 13:5–6; Deuteronomy 28:47; Deuteronomy 32:15; Amos 5:11
- 13 Job 1:3; Genesis 13:1–5; Luke 12:13–21; Psalm 39:6
- 14 Psalm 106:21; 1 Corinthians 4:7–8; 2 Chronicles 32:25; 2 Chronicles 26:16; Deuteronomy 8:11
- 15 Numbers 20:11; Numbers 21:6; Jeremiah 2:6; Isaiah 63:12–14; Hosea 13:5
- 16 Deuteronomy 8:3; Exodus 16:15; James 1:12; Hebrews 12:10–11; Jeremiah 24:5–6
- 17 Deuteronomy 9:4; 1 Corinthians 4:7; Daniel 4:30; Isaiah 10:8–14; Hosea 12:8
- 18 Proverbs 10:22; Hosea 2:8; Deuteronomy 7:8; Psalm 127:1–2; Deuteronomy 7:12
- 19 Deuteronomy 4:26; Luke 13:3; Zephaniah 1:18; 1 Samuel 12:25; Daniel 9:2
- 20 Daniel 9:11–12; 2 Chronicles 36:16–17
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