Deuteronomy 8
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
1 Ref Take care to keep all the orders which I give you today, so that you may have life and be increased and go in and take as a heritage the land which the Lord, by his oath to your fathers, undertook to give you.
2 Ref And keep in mind the way by which the Lord your God has taken you through the waste land these forty years, so that he might make low your pride and put you to the test, to see what was in your heart and if you would keep his orders or not.
3 Ref And he made low your pride and let you be without food and gave you manna for your food, a thing new to you, which your fathers never saw; so that he might make it clear to you that bread is not man's only need, but his life is in every word which comes out of the mouth of the Lord.
4 Ref Through all these forty years your clothing did not get old or your feet become tired.
5 Ref Keep in mind this thought, that as a son is trained by his father, so you have been trained by the Lord your God.
6 Ref Then keep the orders of the Lord your God, fearing him and walking in his ways.
7 Ref For the Lord your God is guiding you into a good land, a land of water-springs, of fountains, and deep streams flowing out from the valleys and the hills;
8 Ref A land of grain and vines and fig-trees and fair fruits; a land of oil-giving olive-trees and honey;
9 Ref Where there will be bread for you in full measure and you will be in need of nothing; a land where the very stones are iron and from whose hills you may get copper.
10 Ref And you will have food enough and be full, praising the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.
11 Ref Then take care that you are not turned away from the Lord your God and from keeping his orders and decisions and laws which I give you this day:
12 Ref And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them;
13 Ref And when your herds and your flocks are increased, and your stores of silver and gold, and you have wealth of every sort;
14 Ref Take care that your hearts are not lifted up in pride, giving no thought to the Lord your God who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house;
15 Ref Who was your guide through that great and cruel waste, where there were poison-snakes and scorpions and a dry land without water; who made water come out of the hard rock for you;
16 Ref Who gave you manna for your food in the waste land, a food which your fathers had never seen; so that your pride might be broken and your hearts tested for your good in the end;
17 Ref Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth.
18 Ref But keep in mind the Lord your God: for it is he who gives you the power to get wealth, so that he may give effect to the agreement which he made by his oath with your fathers, as at this day.
19 Ref And it is certain that if at any time you are turned away from the Lord your God, and go after other gods, to be their servants and to give them worship, destruction will overtake you.
20 Ref Like the nations which the Lord is cutting off before you, so you will be cut off; because you would not give ear to the voice of the Lord your God.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
1 Ref `All the command which I am commanding thee to-day ye observe to do, so that ye live, and have multiplied, and gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah hath sworn to your fathers;
2 Ref and thou hast remembered all the way which Jehovah thy God hath caused thee to go these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble thee to try thee, to know that which `is' in thy heart, whether thou dost keep His commands or not.
3 Ref `And He doth humble thee, and cause thee to hunger and doth cause thee to eat the manna (which thou hast not known, even thy fathers have not known), in order to cause thee to know that not by bread alone doth man live, but by every produce of the mouth of Jehovah man doth live.
4 Ref `Thy raiment hath not worn out from off thee, and thy foot hath not swelled these forty years,
5 Ref and thou hast known, with thy heart, that as a man chastiseth his son Jehovah thy God is chastising thee,
6 Ref and thou hast kept the commands of Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him.
7 Ref `For Jehovah thy God is bringing thee in unto a good land, a land of brooks of waters, of fountains, and of depths coming out in valley and in mountain:
8 Ref a land of wheat, and barley, and vine, and fig, and pomegranate; a land of oil olive and honey;
9 Ref a land in which without scarcity thou dost eat bread, thou dost not lack anything in it; a land whose stones `are' iron, and out of its mountains thou dost dig brass;
10 Ref and thou hast eaten, and been satisfied, and hast blessed Jehovah thy God, on the good land which he hath given to thee.
11 Ref `Take heed to thyself, lest thou forget Jehovah thy God so as not to keep His commands, and His judgments, and His statutes which I am commanding thee to-day;
12 Ref lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited;
13 Ref and thy herd and thy flock be multiplied, and silver and gold be multiplied to thee; and all that is thine be multiplied:
14 Ref `And thy heart hath been high, and thou hast forgotten Jehovah thy God (who is bringing thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;
15 Ref who is causing thee to go in the great and the terrible wilderness -- burning serpent, and scorpion, and thirst -- where there is no water; who is bringing out to thee waters from the flinty rock;
16 Ref who is causing thee to eat manna in the wilderness, which thy fathers have not known, in order to humble thee, and in order to try thee, to do thee good in thy latter end),
17 Ref and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth:
18 Ref `And thou hast remembered Jehovah thy God, for He it `is' who is giving to thee power to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He hath sworn to thy fathers as `at' this day.
19 Ref `And it hath been -- if thou really forget Jehovah thy God, and hast gone after other gods, and served them, and bowed thyself to them, I have testified against you to-day that ye do utterly perish;
20 Ref as the nations whom Jehovah is destroying from your presence, so ye perish; because ye hearken not to the voice of Jehovah your God.
World English Bible (WEB)
1 Ref All the commandment which I command you this day shall you observe to do, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers.
2 Ref 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 prove you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or not.
3 Ref He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you didn't know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of Yahweh does man live.
4 Ref Your clothing didn't grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.
5 Ref You shall consider in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so Yahweh your God chastens you.
6 Ref You shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
7 Ref For Yahweh your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of springs and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills;
8 Ref a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey;
9 Ref a land in which you shall eat bread without scarceness, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.
10 Ref You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless Yahweh your God for the good land which he has given you.
11 Ref Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you this day:
12 Ref lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived therein;
13 Ref and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;
14 Ref then your heart be lifted up, and you forget Yahweh your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
15 Ref who led you through the great and terrible wilderness, [in which were] fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint;
16 Ref 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 Ref and [lest] you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.
18 Ref 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 at this day.
19 Ref 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 this day that you shall surely perish.
20 Ref As the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you, so shall you perish; because you wouldn't listen to the voice of Yahweh your God.