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Myles Coverdale Bible

Deuteronomy 8:12

that (whan thou hast eaten & art fylled, and hast buylded goodly houses, & dwellest therin,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Forgetting God;   Ingratitude;   Obedience;   Pride;   Prosperity;   Riches;   Temptation;   The Topic Concordance - Remembrance;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Forgetting God;   Houses;   Ingratitude to God;   Sciences;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Boasting;   Farming;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Command, Commandment;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Manna;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Deuteronomy;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for March 9;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived therein;
King James Version
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
Lexham English Bible
lest when you have eaten and you are satisfied and you have built good houses and you live in them,
English Standard Version
lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them,
New Century Version
When you eat all you want and build nice houses and live in them,
New English Translation
When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,
Amplified Bible
otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them,
New American Standard Bible
otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, and you build good houses and live in them,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Lest when thou hast eaten and filled thy selfe, and hast built goodly houses & dwelt therein,
Legacy Standard Bible
lest you eat and are satisfied and build good houses and live in them,
Contemporary English Version
you will have plenty to eat, and you will build good houses to live in.
Complete Jewish Bible
Otherwise, after you have eaten and are satisfied, built fine houses and lived in them,
Darby Translation
lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built and inhabited fine houses,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then you will have plenty to eat, and you will build good houses and live in them.
George Lamsa Translation
Lest when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses, and dwell in them;
Good News Translation
When you have all you want to eat and have built good houses to live in
Christian Standard Bible®
When you eat and are full, and build beautiful houses to live in,
Literal Translation
that when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built goodly houses, and have lived in them ;
American Standard Version
lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
Bible in Basic English
And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yea, and when thou hast eaten and filled thy selfe, and hast buylt goodly houses and dwelt therein:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
lest when thou hast eaten and art satisfied, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
King James Version (1611)
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them;
English Revised Version
lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
Berean Standard Bible
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
lest aftir that thou hast ete, and art fillid, hast bildid faire housis, and hast dwellid in tho,
Young's Literal Translation
lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited;
Update Bible Version
or else, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
Webster's Bible Translation
Lest [when] thou hast eaten, and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt [in them];
World English Bible
lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived therein;
New King James Version
lest--when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them;
New Living Translation
For when you have become full and prosperous and have built fine homes to live in,
New Life Bible
When you have eaten and are filled, and have built good houses to live in,
New Revised Standard
When you have eaten your fill and have built fine houses and live in them,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
lest thou eat, and be satisfied, - and goodly houses, thou build and inhabit;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Lest after thou hast eaten and art filled, hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them,
Revised Standard Version
lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses and live in them,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them,

Contextual Overview

10 That wha thou hast eaten and art fylled, thou mayest praise the LORDE thy God, for that good londe, which he hath geuen the. 11 Bewarre now therfore, that thou forget not the LORDE thy God, that thou woldest not kepe his commaundementes, and his ordinaunces, and lawes, which I commaunde the this daye: 12 that (whan thou hast eaten & art fylled, and hast buylded goodly houses, & dwellest therin, 13 and whan thy beestes and shepe, and syluer, and golde, and all yt thou hast, increaseth) 14 thine hert ryse not then, and thou forget the LORDE thy God (which brought the out of the londe of Egipte, fro ye house of bondage, 15 and led ye thorow this greate & terrible wyldernes, where were serpentes that spouted fyre, and Scorpions, & drouth, and where there was no water, and brought the water out of the hard flynte, 16 and fed the in the wyldernesse with Manna wherof yi fathers knewe not, that he might chasten the, and proue the) to do the good afterwarde) 17 and lest thou saye in thine hert: My power and the mighte of myne awne hande hath done me all this good: 18 But that thou thynke vpon the LORDE thy God. For it is HE, which geueth the power to exercyse strength, that he maye perfourme the couenaunt, which he sware vnto thy fathers, as it is come to passe this daye. 19 But yf thou shalt forget the LORDE thy God, and folowe other goddes, and serue them, and worshipe the, I testifye ouer you this daye, that ye shal vtterly perishe.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Lest when: Deuteronomy 28:47, Deuteronomy 31:20, Deuteronomy 32:15, Proverbs 30:9, Hosea 13:5, Hosea 13:6

and hast built: Ecclesiastes 2:4, Jeremiah 22:14, Jeremiah 22:15, Ezekiel 11:3, Amos 5:11, Haggai 1:4, Luke 17:28

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 32:25 - his heart Job 31:24 - General Psalms 62:10 - riches Proverbs 11:28 - that Jeremiah 2:31 - We are lords Luke 12:19 - Soul Luke 17:27 - General Acts 14:17 - filling James 5:1 - ye Revelation 3:17 - have need

Cross-References

Genesis 8:2
and the fountaynes of the depe and the wyndowes of heauen were stopte, and the rayne of heaue was forbydden,
Genesis 8:3
and the waters ranne styll awaye from ye earth, and decreased after an hundreth and fiftye dayes.
Genesis 8:5
And the waters wete awaye and decreased vntyll the tenth moneth: for the first daye of the tenth moneth, the toppes of the mountaynes appeared.
Genesis 8:6
After fourtie dayes Noe opened ye wyndow of the Arcke which he had made,
Genesis 8:7
& sent forth a rauen, which flew out, and came agayne, vntyll the waters were dryed vp vpo the earth.
Genesis 8:8
Then sent he forth a doue from him, to wete, whether the waters were falle vpon the earth.
Genesis 8:10
Then he abode yet seuen dayes mo, & sent out the doue agayne out of the Arke:
Psalms 27:14
O tary thou ye LORDES leysure, be stronge, let thine hert be of good comforte, and wayte thou still for the LORDE.
Isaiah 8:17
Thus I waite vpon the LORDE, that hath turned his face from the house of Iacob, and I loke vnto him.
Isaiah 25:9
At the same tyme shal it be sayde: lo, this is oure God in who we put oure trust, and he hath healed vs. This is the LORDE that we haue wayted for: Let vs reioyse & delyte in his health.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Lest when thou hast eaten and art full,.... Not only once and again, but continually, day after day, being indulged with great plenty:

and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt [therein]; who for forty years had only dwelt in tents, moving from place to place in the wilderness.


 
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