Deuteronomy 8 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Deuteronomy 9

¹Hear, Israel! You are to pass over the Jordan today, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourself, cities great and fortified up to the sky,

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798), O Israel^H3478: Thou art to pass over^H5674^(H8802) Jordan^H3383 this day^H3117, to go in^H935^(H8800) to possess^H3423^(H8800) nations^H1471 greater^H1419 and mightier^H6099 than thyself, cities^H5892 great^H1419 and fenced up^H1219^(H8803) to heaven^H8064,

² a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard say, “Who can stand before the sons of Anak?”

KJVA people^H5971 great^H1419 and tall^H7311^(H8802), the children^H1121 of the Anakims^H6062, whom thou knowest^H3045^(H8804), and of whom thou hast heard^H8085^(H8804) say, Who can stand^H3320^(H8691) before^H6440 the children^H1121 of Anak^H6061!

³ Know therefore today that Yahweh your God is he who goes over before you as a devouring fire. He will destroy them and he will bring them down before you. So you shall drive them out and make them perish quickly, as Yahweh has spoken to you.

KJVUnderstand^H3045^(H8804) therefore this day^H3117, that the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 is he which goeth over^H5674^(H8802) before^H6440 thee; as a consuming^H398^(H8802) fire^H784 he shall destroy^H8045^(H8686) them, and he shall bring them down^H3665^(H8686) before thy face^H6440: so shalt thou drive them out^H3423^(H8689), and destroy^H6^(H8689) them quickly^H4118, as the LORD^H3068 hath said^H1696^(H8765) unto thee.

⁴ Don’t say in your heart, after Yahweh your God has thrust them out from before you, “For my righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land;” because Yahweh drives them out before you because of the wickedness of these nations.

KJVSpeak^H559^(H8799) not thou in thine heart^H3824, after that the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath cast them out^H1920^(H8800) from before^H6440 thee, saying^H559^(H8800), For my righteousness^H6666 the LORD^H3068 hath brought me in^H935^(H8689) to possess^H3423^(H8800) this land^H776: but for the wickedness^H7564 of these nations^H1471 the LORD^H3068 doth drive them out^H3423^(H8688) from before^H6440 thee.

⁵ Not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

KJVNot for thy righteousness^H6666, or for the uprightness^H3476 of thine heart^H3824, dost thou go^H935^(H8802) to possess^H3423^(H8800) their land^H776: but for the wickedness^H7564 of these nations^H1471 the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 doth drive them out^H3423^(H8688) from before^H6440 thee, and that he may perform^H6965^(H8687) the word^H1697 which the LORD^H3068 sware^H7650^(H8738) unto thy fathers^H1, Abraham^H85, Isaac^H3327, and Jacob^H3290.

⁶ Know therefore that Yahweh your God doesn’t give you this good land to possess for your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people.

KJVUnderstand^H3045^(H8804) therefore, that the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 giveth^H5414^(H8802) thee not this good^H2896 land^H776 to possess^H3423^(H8800) it for thy righteousness^H6666; for thou art a stiffnecked^H6203^H7186 people^H5971.

⁷ Remember, and don’t forget, how you provoked Yahweh your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day that you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against Yahweh.

KJVRemember^H2142^(H8798), and forget^H7911^(H8799) not, how thou provokedst the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 to wrath^H7107^(H8689) in the wilderness^H4057: from^H4480 the day^H3117 that thou didst depart out^H3318^(H8804) of the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714, until ye came^H935^(H8800) unto this place^H4725, ye have been rebellious^H4784^(H8688) against^H5973 the LORD^H3068.

⁸ Also in Horeb you provoked Yahweh to wrath, and Yahweh was angry with you to destroy you.

KJVAlso in Horeb^H2722 ye provoked^H7107 the LORD^H3068 to wrath^H7107^(H8689), so that the LORD^H3068 was angry^H599^(H8691) with you to have destroyed^H8045^(H8687) you.

⁹ When I had gone up onto the mountain to receive the stone tablets, even the tablets of the covenant which Yahweh made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water.

KJVWhen I was gone up^H5927^(H8800) into the mount^H2022 to receive^H3947^(H8800) the tables^H3871 of stone^H68, even the tables^H3871 of the covenant^H1285 which the LORD^H3068 made^H3772^(H8804) with you, then I abode^H3427^(H8799) in the mount^H2022 forty^H705 days^H3117 and forty^H705 nights^H3915, I neither did eat^H398^(H8804) bread^H3899 nor drink^H8354^(H8804) water^H4325:

¹⁰ Yahweh delivered to me the two stone tablets written with God’s finger. On them were all the words which Yahweh spoke with you on the mountain out of the middle of the fire in the day of the assembly.

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 delivered^H5414^(H8799) unto me two^H8147 tables^H3871 of stone^H68 written^H3789^(H8803) with the finger^H676 of God^H430; and on them was written according to all the words^H1697, which the LORD^H3068 spake^H1696^(H8765) with you in the mount^H2022 out of the midst^H8432 of the fire^H784 in the day^H3117 of the assembly^H6951.

¹¹ It came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights that Yahweh gave me the two stone tablets, even the tablets of the covenant.

KJVAnd it came to pass at the end^H7093 of forty^H705 days^H3117 and forty^H705 nights^H3915, that the LORD^H3068 gave^H5414^(H8804) me the two^H8147 tables^H3871 of stone^H68, even the tables^H3871 of the covenant^H1285.

¹² Yahweh said to me, “Arise, get down quickly from here; for your people whom you have brought out of Egypt have corrupted themselves. They have quickly turned away from the way which I commanded them. They have made a molten image for themselves!”

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 said^H559^(H8799) unto me, Arise^H6965^(H8798), get thee down^H3381^(H8798) quickly^H4118 from hence; for thy people^H5971 which thou hast brought forth^H3318^(H8689) out of Egypt^H4714 have corrupted^H7843^(H8765) themselves; they are quickly^H4118 turned aside^H5493^(H8804) out of the way^H1870 which I commanded^H6680^(H8765) them; they have made^H6213^(H8804) them a molten image^H4541.

¹³ Furthermore Yahweh spoke to me, saying, “I have seen these people, and behold, they are a stiff-necked people.

KJVFurthermore the LORD^H3068 spake^H559^(H8799) unto me, saying^H559^(H8800), I have seen^H7200^(H8804) this people^H5971, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked^H6203^H7186 people^H5971:

¹⁴ Leave me alone, that I may destroy them, and blot out their name from under the sky; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.”

KJVLet me alone^H7503^(H8685), that I may destroy^H8045^(H8686) them, and blot out^H4229^(H8799) their name^H8034 from under heaven^H8064: and I will make^H6213^(H8799) of^H854 thee a nation^H1471 mightier^H6099 and greater^H7227 than they.

¹⁵ So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire. The two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.

KJVSo I turned^H6437^(H8799) and came down^H3381^(H8799) from the mount^H2022, and the mount^H2022 burned^H1197^(H8802) with fire^H784: and the two^H8147 tables^H3871 of the covenant^H1285 were in my two^H8147 hands^H3027.

¹⁶ I looked, and behold, you had sinned against Yahweh your God. You had made yourselves a molded calf. You had quickly turned away from the way which Yahweh had commanded you.

KJVAnd I looked^H7200^(H8799), and, behold, ye had sinned^H2398^(H8804) against the LORD^H3068 your God^H430, and had made^H6213^(H8804) you a molten^H4541 calf^H5695: ye had turned aside^H5493^(H8804) quickly^H4118 out of the way^H1870 which the LORD^H3068 had commanded^H6680^(H8765) you.

¹⁷ I took hold of the two tablets, and threw them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.

KJVAnd I took^H8610^(H8799) the two^H8147 tables^H3871, and cast^H7993^(H8686) them out of^H5921 my two^H8147 hands^H3027, and brake^H7665^(H8762) them before your eyes^H5869.

¹⁸ I fell down before Yahweh, as at the first, forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all your sin which you sinned, in doing that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger.

KJVAnd I fell down^H5307^(H8691) before^H6440 the LORD^H3068, as at the first^H7223, forty^H705 days^H3117 and forty^H705 nights^H3915: I did neither eat^H398^(H8804) bread^H3899, nor drink^H8354^(H8804) water^H4325, because of all your sins^H2403 which ye sinned^H2398^(H8804), in doing^H6213^(H8800) wickedly^H7451 in the sight^H5869 of the LORD^H3068, to provoke him to anger^H3707^(H8687).

¹⁹ For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure with which Yahweh was angry against you to destroy you. But Yahweh listened to me that time also.

KJVFor I was afraid^H3025^(H8804) of^H6440 the anger^H639 and hot displeasure^H2534, wherewith the LORD^H3068 was wroth^H7107^(H8804) against you to destroy^H8045^(H8687) you. But the LORD^H3068 hearkened^H8085^(H8799) unto me at that time^H6471 also.

²⁰ Yahweh was angry enough with Aaron to destroy him. I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.

KJVAnd the LORD^H3068 was very^H3966 angry^H599^(H8694) with Aaron^H175 to have destroyed^H8045^(H8687) him: and I prayed^H6419^(H8691) for Aaron^H175 also the same time^H6256.

²¹ I took your sin, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire, and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust. I threw its dust into the brook that descended out of the mountain.

KJVAnd I took^H3947^(H8804) your sin^H2403, the calf^H5695 which ye had made^H6213^(H8804), and burnt^H8313^(H8799) it with fire^H784, and stamped^H3807^(H8799) it, and ground^H2912^(H8800) it very small^H3190^(H8687), even until it was as small^H1854^(H8804) as dust^H6083: and I cast^H7993^(H8686) the dust^H6083 thereof into the brook^H5158 that descended out^H3381^(H8802) of the mount^H2022.

²² At Taberah, at Massah, and at Kibroth Hattaavah you provoked Yahweh to wrath.

KJVAnd at Taberah^H8404, and at Massah^H4532, and at Kibrothhattaavah^H6914, ye provoked the LORD^H3068 to wrath^H7107^(H8688).

²³ When Yahweh sent you from Kadesh Barnea, saying, “Go up and possess the land which I have given you,” you rebelled against the commandment of Yahweh your God, and you didn’t believe him or listen to his voice.

KJVLikewise when the LORD^H3068 sent^H7971^(H8800) you from Kadeshbarnea^H6947, saying^H559^(H8800), Go up^H5927^(H8798) and possess^H3423^(H8798) the land^H776 which I have given^H5414^(H8804) you; then ye rebelled^H4784^(H8686) against the commandment^H6310 of the LORD^H3068 your God^H430, and ye believed^H539^(H8689) him not, nor hearkened^H8085^(H8804) to his voice^H6963.

²⁴ You have been rebellious against Yahweh from the day that I knew you.

KJVYe have been rebellious^H4784^(H8688) against the LORD^H3068 from the day^H3117 that I knew^H3045^(H8800) you.

²⁵ So I fell down before Yahweh the forty days and forty nights that I fell down, because Yahweh had said he would destroy you.

KJVThus I fell down^H5307^(H8691) before^H6440 the LORD^H3068 forty^H705 days^H3117 and forty^H705 nights^H3915, as I fell down^H5307^(H8694) at the first; because the LORD^H3068 had said^H559^(H8804) he would destroy^H8045^(H8687) you.

²⁶ I prayed to Yahweh, and said, “Lord Yahweh, don’t destroy your people and your inheritance that you have redeemed through your greatness, that you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

KJVI prayed^H6419^(H8691) therefore unto the LORD^H3068, and said^H559^(H8799), O Lord^H136 GOD^H3069, destroy^H7843^(H8686) not thy people^H5971 and thine inheritance^H5159, which thou hast redeemed^H6299^(H8804) through thy greatness^H1433, which thou hast brought forth^H3318^(H8689) out of Egypt^H4714 with a mighty^H2389 hand^H3027.

²⁷ Remember your servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Don’t look at the stubbornness of this people, nor at their wickedness, nor at their sin,

KJVRemember^H2142^(H8798) thy servants^H5650, Abraham^H85, Isaac^H3327, and Jacob^H3290; look^H6437^(H8799) not unto the stubbornness^H7190 of this people^H5971, nor to their wickedness^H7562, nor to their sin^H2403:

²⁸ lest the land you brought us out from say, ‘Because Yahweh was not able to bring them into the land which he promised to them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’

KJVLest the land^H776 whence thou broughtest us out^H3318^(H8689) say^H559^(H8799), Because the LORD^H3068 was not able^H3201^(H8800) to bring^H935^(H8687) them into the land^H776 which he promised^H1696^(H8765) them, and because he hated^H8135 them, he hath brought them out^H3318^(H8689) to slay^H4191^(H8687) them in the wilderness^H4057.

²⁹ Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your great power and by your outstretched arm.”

KJVYet they are thy people^H5971 and thine inheritance^H5159, which thou broughtest out^H3318^(H8689) by thy mighty^H1419 power^H3581 and by thy stretched out^H5186^(H8803) arm^H2220.

WEB·Deuteronomy 8

¹You 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.

KJVAll the commandments^H4687 which I command^H6680^(H8764) thee this day^H3117 shall ye observe^H8104^(H8799) to do^H6213^(H8800), that ye may live^H2421^(H8799), and multiply^H7235^(H8804), and go in^H935^(H8804) and possess^H3423^(H8804) the land^H776 which the LORD^H3068 sware^H7650^(H8738) unto your fathers^H1.

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.

KJVAnd thou shalt remember^H2142^(H8804) all the way^H1870 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 led^H3212^(H8689) thee these forty^H705 years^H8141 in the wilderness^H4057, to humble^H6031^(H8763) thee, and to prove^H5254^(H8763) thee, to know^H3045^(H8800) what was in thine heart^H3824, whether thou wouldest keep^H8104^(H8799) his commandments^H4687, or no.

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.

KJVAnd he humbled^H6031^(H8762) thee, and suffered thee to hunger^H7456^(H8686), and fed^H398^(H8686) thee with manna^H4478, which thou knewest^H3045^(H8804) not, neither did thy fathers^H1 know^H3045^(H8804); that he might make thee know^H3045^(H8687) that man^H120 doth not live^H2421^(H8799) by bread^H3899 only^H905, but by every word that proceedeth^H4161 out of the mouth^H6310 of the LORD^H3068 doth man^H120 live^H2421^(H8799).

⁴ Your clothing didn’t grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.

KJVThy raiment^H8071 waxed not old^H1086^(H8804) upon thee, neither did thy foot^H7272 swell^H1216^(H8804), these forty^H705 years^H8141.

⁵ You shall consider in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so Yahweh your God disciplines you.

KJVThou shalt also consider^H3045^(H8804) in^H5973 thine heart^H3824, that, as a man^H376 chasteneth^H3256^(H8762) his son^H1121, so the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 chasteneth^H3256^(H8764) thee.

⁶ You shall keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.

KJVTherefore thou shalt keep^H8104^(H8804) the commandments^H4687 of the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, to walk^H3212^(H8800) in his ways^H1870, and to fear^H3372^(H8800) him.

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;

KJVFor the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 bringeth^H935^(H8688) thee into a good^H2896 land^H776, a land^H776 of brooks^H5158 of water^H4325, of fountains^H5869 and depths^H8415 that spring out^H3318^(H8802) of valleys^H1237 and hills^H2022;

⁸ a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive trees and honey;

KJVA land^H776 of wheat^H2406, and barley^H8184, and vines^H1612, and fig trees^H8384, and pomegranates^H7416; a land^H776 of oil^H8081 olive^H2132, and honey^H1706;

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.

KJVA land^H776 wherein^H834 thou shalt eat^H398^(H8799) bread^H3899 without^H3808 scarceness^H4544, thou shalt not lack^H2637^(H8799) any thing in it; a land^H776 whose stones^H68 are iron^H1270, and out of whose hills^H2042 thou mayest dig^H2672^(H8799) brass^H5178.

¹⁰ You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless Yahweh your God for the good land which he has given you.

KJVWhen thou hast eaten^H398^(H8804) and art full^H7646^(H8804), then thou shalt bless^H1288^(H8765) the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 for the good^H2896 land^H776 which he hath given^H5414^(H8804) thee.

¹¹ Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you today;

KJVBeware^H8104^(H8734) that thou forget^H7911^(H8799) not the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, in not keeping^H8104^(H8800) his commandments^H4687, and his judgments^H4941, and his statutes^H2708, which I command^H6680^(H8764) thee this day^H3117:

¹² lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses and lived in them;

KJVLest when thou hast eaten^H398^(H8799) and art full^H7646^(H8804), and hast built^H1129^(H8799) goodly^H2896 houses^H1004, and dwelt^H3427^(H8804) therein;

¹³ and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied;

KJVAnd when thy herds^H1241 and thy flocks^H6629 multiply^H7235^(H8799), and thy silver^H3701 and thy gold^H2091 is multiplied^H7235^(H8799), and all that thou hast is multiplied^H7235^(H8799);

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;

KJVThen thine heart^H3824 be lifted up^H7311^(H8804), and thou forget^H7911^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, which brought thee forth^H3318^(H8688) out of the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714, from the house^H1004 of bondage^H5650;

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;

KJVWho led^H3212^(H8688) thee through that great^H1419 and terrible^H3372^(H8737) wilderness^H4057, wherein were fiery^H8314 serpents^H5175, and scorpions^H6137, and drought^H6774, where there was no water^H4325; who brought thee forth^H3318^(H8688) water^H4325 out of the rock^H6697 of flint^H2496;

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;

KJVWho fed^H398^(H8688) thee in the wilderness^H4057 with manna^H4478, which thy fathers^H1 knew^H3045^(H8804) not, that he might humble^H6031^(H8763) thee, and that he might prove^H5254^(H8763) thee, to do thee good^H3190^(H8687) at thy latter end^H319;

¹⁷ and lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.”

KJVAnd thou say^H559^(H8804) in thine heart^H3824, My power^H3581 and the might^H6108 of mine hand^H3027 hath gotten^H6213^(H8804) me this wealth^H2428.

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.

KJVBut thou shalt remember^H2142^(H8804) the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430: for it is he that giveth^H5414^(H8802) thee power^H3581 to get^H6213^(H8800) wealth^H2428, that he may establish^H6965^(H8687) his covenant^H1285 which he sware^H7650^(H8738) unto thy fathers^H1, as it is this day^H3117.

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.

KJVAnd it shall be, if thou do at all^H7911^(H8800) forget^H7911^(H8799) the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430, and walk^H1980^(H8804) after^H310 other^H312 gods^H430, and serve^H5647^(H8804) them, and worship^H7812^(H8694) them, I testify^H5749^(H8689) against you this day^H3117 that ye shall surely^H6^(H8800) perish^H6^(H8799).

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.

KJVAs the nations^H1471 which the LORD^H3068 destroyeth^H6^(H8688) before your face^H6440, so shall ye perish^H6^(H8799); because^H6118 ye would not be obedient^H8085^(H8799) unto the voice^H6963 of the LORD^H3068 your God^H430.

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