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Literal Standard Version

Deuteronomy 8:17

and you have said in your heart, My power and the might of my hand have made this wealth for me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Obedience;   Pride;   Prosperity;   Riches;   Temptation;   The Topic Concordance - Wealth;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Riches;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Wealth;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Power;   Work;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Habakkuk;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Covenant;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Deuteronomy;   Wealth;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Get;   Wealth;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Humility;   Theology;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for June 8;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
and [lest] you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.
King James Version
And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
Lexham English Bible
And you may think in your heart, ‘My strength and the might of my hand acquired this wealth for me.'
English Standard Version
Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.'
New Century Version
You might say to yourself, "I am rich because of my own power and strength,"
New English Translation
Be careful not to say, "My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth."
Amplified Bible
"Otherwise, you may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.'
New American Standard Bible
"Otherwise, you may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.'
Geneva Bible (1587)
Beware least thou say in thine heart, My power, and the strength of mine owne hand hath prepared me this abundance.
Legacy Standard Bible
lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand made me this wealth.'
Contemporary English Version
When you become successful, don't say, "I'm rich, and I've earned it all myself."
Complete Jewish Bible
you will think to yourself, ‘My own power and the strength of my own hand have gotten me this wealth.'
Darby Translation
—and thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand has procured me this wealth.
Easy-to-Read Version
Don't ever say to yourself, ‘I got all this wealth by my own power and ability.'
George Lamsa Translation
And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.
Good News Translation
So then, you must never think that you have made yourselves wealthy by your own power and strength.
Christian Standard Bible®
You may say to yourself, ‘My power and my own ability have gained this wealth for me,’
Literal Translation
that you not say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and lest thou saye in thine hert: My power and the mighte of myne awne hande hath done me all this good:
American Standard Version
and lest thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.
Bible in Basic English
Say not then, in your hearts, My power and the strength of my hands have got me this wealth.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Lest thou shouldest say in thine heart, my power and the myght of myne owne hande hath prepared me this aboundaunce:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and thou say in thy heart: 'My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.'
King James Version (1611)
And thou say in thine heart, My power, and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Lest thou shouldest say in thine heart, My strength, and the power of mine hand have wrought for me this great wealth.
English Revised Version
and thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
Berean Standard Bible
You may say in your heart, "The power and the strength of my hand has made this wealth for me."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
lest thou woldist seie in thin herte, My strengthe, and the myyt of myn hond yaf alle these thingis to me.
Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth:
Update Bible Version
And you might say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.
World English Bible
and [lest] you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.
New King James Version
then you say in your heart, "My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.'
New Living Translation
He did all this so you would never say to yourself, ‘I have achieved this wealth with my own strength and energy.'
New Life Bible
Be careful not to say in your heart, ‘My power and strong hand have made me rich.'
New Revised Standard
Do not say to yourself, "My power and the might of my own hand have gotten me this wealth."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and lest thou shouldest say in thy heart, - Mine own strength and the might of mine own hand, have gotten me this wealth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart: My own might, and the strength of my own hand have achieved all these things for me.
Revised Standard Version
Beware lest you say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.'
THE MESSAGE
If you start thinking to yourselves, "I did all this. And all by myself. I'm rich. It's all mine!"—well, think again. Remember that God , your God, gave you the strength to produce all this wealth so as to confirm the covenant that he promised to your ancestors—as it is today.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Otherwise, you may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.'

Contextual Overview

10And you have eaten and been satisfied, and have blessed your God YHWH on the good land which he has given to you. 11Take heed to yourself lest you forget your God YHWH so as not to keep His commands, and His judgments, and His statutes which I am commanding you today; 12lest you eat and have been satisfied, and build good houses and have inhabited [them], 13and your herd and your flock are multiplied, and silver and gold are multiplied to you, and all that is yours is multiplied, 14and your heart has been high, and you have forgotten your God YHWH who is bringing you out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants; 15who is causing you to go in the great and the terrible wilderness [with] burning serpent, and scorpion, and thirst—where there is no water; who is bringing out waters to you from the flinty rock; 16who is causing you to eat manna in the wilderness, which your fathers have not known, in order to humble you, and in order to try you, to do you good in your latter end; 17and you have said in your heart, My power and the might of my hand have made this wealth for me.18And you have remembered your God YHWH, for it [is] He who is giving power to you to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He has sworn to your fathers, as [at] this day. 19And it has been, if you really forget your God YHWH, and have gone after other gods, and served them, and bowed yourself to them, I have testified against you today that you utterly perish.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thou say: Deuteronomy 7:17

My power: Deuteronomy 9:4, Isaiah 10:8-14, Daniel 4:30, Hosea 12:8, Habakkuk 1:16, 1 Corinthians 4:7

Reciprocal: Genesis 34:28 - General Genesis 49:25 - the God Joshua 22:8 - Return Judges 7:2 - Mine own Ruth 2:1 - a mighty 1 Samuel 2:7 - maketh 1 Samuel 25:11 - Shall I then 2 Chronicles 26:16 - when he was 2 Chronicles 32:25 - his heart Job 12:9 - the hand Job 31:25 - because Psalms 44:3 - For Proverbs 10:22 - it Ecclesiastes 3:6 - time to get Isaiah 10:13 - For he saith Isaiah 48:17 - which teacheth Jeremiah 9:23 - neither Jeremiah 13:22 - if Ezekiel 28:4 - General Ezekiel 29:3 - My river Hosea 2:7 - for 1 Timothy 6:17 - that they

Cross-References

Genesis 1:22
And God blesses them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let the bird multiply in the earth":
Genesis 1:28
And God blesses them, and God says to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over [the] fish of the sea, and over [the] bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping on the earth."
Genesis 8:13
And it comes to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first [month], on the first of the month, the waters have been dried from off the earth; and Noah turns aside the covering of the ark, and looks, and behold, the face of the ground has been dried.
Genesis 8:14
And in the second month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, the earth has become dry.
Genesis 8:15
And God speaks to Noah, saying, "Go out from the ark, you, and your wife, and your sons, and your sons' wives with you;
Genesis 9:1
And God blesses Noah and his sons, and says to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth;
Genesis 9:7
And you, be fruitful and multiply, teem in the earth, and multiply in it."
Psalms 107:38
And He blesses them, and they multiply exceedingly, || And He does not diminish their livestock.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou say in thine heart,.... These words are in connection with the former part of the Deuteronomy 8:14:

and thou forget the Lord thy God; the author and giver of all the good things enjoyed, and think within themselves, though they might not express it in words at length:

my power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth; so ascribing that to themselves, their labour, and diligence, which ought to be ascribed to the bounty and blessing of God; see Hosea 12:8.


 
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