Deuteronomy · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Deuteronomy 8 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 Πάσας τὰς ἐντολὰς, ἃς ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαι ὑμῖν σήμερον, φυλάξεσθε ποιεῖν, ἵνα ζῆτε καὶ πολυπλασιασθῆτε, καὶ εἰσέλθητε καὶ κληρονομήσητε τὴν γῆν, ἣν ὤμοσε Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν τοῖς πατράσιν ὑμῶν.
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 Καὶ μνησθήσῃ πᾶσαν τὴν ὁδὸν, ἣν ἤγαγέ σε Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ὅπως ἂν κακώσῃ σε καὶ πειράσῃ σε, καὶ διαγνωσθῇ τὰ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου, εἰ φυλάξῃ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ ἢ οὔ.
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 Καὶ ἐκάκωσέ σε, καὶ ἐλιμαγχόνησέ σε, καὶ ἐψώμισέ σε τὸ μάννα, ὃ οὐκ ᾔδεισαν οἱ πατέρες σου· ἵνα ἀναγγείλῃ σοι, ὅτι οὐκ ἐπʼ ἄρτῳ μόνῳ ζήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ παντὶ ῥήματι τῷ ἐκπορευομένῳ διὰ στόματος Θεοῦ ζήσεται ὁ ἄνθρωπος.
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 Τὰ ἱμάτιά σου οὐκ ἐπαλαιώθη ἀπὸ σοῦ, τὰ ὑποδήματά σου οὐ κατετρίβη ἀπὸ σοῦ· οἱ πόδες σου οὐκ ἐτυλώθησαν, ἰδοὺ τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη.
4 Your clothing didn’t grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.
5 Καὶ γνώσῃ τῇ καρδίᾳ σου, ὅτι ὡς εἴτις ἄνθρωπος παιδεύσῃ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ, οὕτως Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου παιδεύσει σε.
5 You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.
6 Καὶ φυλάξῃ τὰς ἐντολὰς Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου πορεύεσθαι ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς αὐτοῦ, καὶ φοβεῖσθαι αὐτόν.
6 You shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
7 Ὁ γὰρ Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου εἰσάξει σε εἰς γῆν ἀγαθὴν καὶ πολλὴν, οὗ χείμαῤῥοι ὑδάτων, καὶ πηγαὶ ἀβύσσων ἐκπορευόμεναι διὰ τῶν πεδίων καὶ διὰ τῶν ὀρέων·
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 Γῆ πυροῦ καὶ κριθῆς, ἄμπελοι, συκαῖ, ῥοαί· γῆ ἐλαίας ἐλαίου καὶ μέλιτος·
8 a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey;
9 γῆ ἐφʼ ἧς οὐ μετὰ πτωχείας φαγῇ τὸν ἄρτον σου, καὶ οὐκ ἐνδεηθήσῃ ἐπʼ αὐτῆς οὐδέν· γῆ ἧς οἱ λίθοι σίδηρος, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ὀρέων αὐτῆς μεταλλεύσεις χαλκόν.
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 Καὶ φαγῇ καὶ ἐμπλησθήσῃ, καὶ εὐλογήσεις Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς τῆς ἀγαθῆς, ἧς δέδωκέ σοι.
10 You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless Yahweh your God for the good land which he has given you.
11 Πρόσεχε σεαυτῷ μὴ ἐπιλάθῃ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, τοῦ μὴ φυλάξαι τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ κρίματα καὶ τὰ δικαιώματα αὐτοῦ, ὅσα ἐγὼ ἐντέλλομαί σοι σήμερον·
11 Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you today;
12 Μὴ φαγὼν καὶ ἐμπλησθεὶς, καὶ οἰκίας καλὰς οἰκοδομήσας καὶ κατοικήσας ἐν αὐταῖς,
12 lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses and lived in them;
13 καὶ τῶν βοῶν σου καὶ τῶν προβάτων σου πληθυνθέντων σοι, ἀργυρίου καὶ χρυσίου πληθυνθέντος σοι, καὶ πάντων ὅσων σοι ἔσται πληθυνθέντων σοι,
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 ὑψωθῇς τῇ καρδίᾳ, καὶ ἐπιλάθῃ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, τοῦ ἐξαγαγόντος σε ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, ἐξ οἴκου δουλείας·
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 τοῦ ἀγαγόντος σε διὰ τῆς ἐρήμου τῆς μεγάλης καὶ τῆς φοβερᾶς ἐκείνης, οὗ ὄφις δάκνων, καὶ σκορπίος, καὶ δίψα, οὗ οὐκ ἦν ὕδωρ· τοῦ ἐξαγαγόντος σοι ἐκ πέτρας ἀκροτόμου πηγὴν ὕδατος·
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 τοῦ ψωμίσαντός σε τὸ μάννα ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ ὃ οὐκ ᾔδεις σὺ, καὶ οὐκ ᾔδεισαν οἱ πατέρες σου, ἵνα κακώσῃ σε, καὶ ἐκπειράσῃ σε, καὶ εὖ σε ποιήσῃ ἐπʼ ἐσχάτων τῶν ἡμερῶν σου.
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 Μὴ εἴπῃς ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου, ἡ ἰσχύς μου, καὶ τὸ κράτος τῆς χειρός μου ἐποίησέ μοι τὴν δύναμιν τὴν μεγάλην ταύτην.
17 and lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.”
18 Καὶ μνησθήσῃ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, ὅτι αὐτός σοι δίδωσιν ἰσχὺν τοῦ ποιῆσαι δύναμιν, καὶ ἵνα στήσῃ τὴν διαθήκην αὐτοῦ ἣν ὤμοσε Κύριος τοῖς πατράσι σου, ὡς σήμερον.
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 Καὶ ἔσται ἐὰν λήθῃ ἐπιλάθῃ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου, καὶ πορευθῇς, ὀπίσω θεῶν ἑτέρων, καὶ λατρεύσῃς αὐτοῖς, καὶ προσκυνήσῃς αὐτοῖς, διαμαρτύρομαι ὑμῖν σήμερον τόν τε οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν, ὅτι ἀπωλείᾳ ἀπολεῖσθε.
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 Καθὰ καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ἔθνη ὅσα Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ἀπολλύει πρὸ προσώπου ὑμῶν, οὕτως ἀπολεῖσθε, ἀνθʼ ὧν οὐκ ἠκούσατε τῆς φωνῆς Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ὑμῶν.
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.
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
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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