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Deuteronomy 8:17

Be careful not to say, "My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth."

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

Legacy Standard Bible
lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand made me this wealth.'
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Otherwise, you may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand made 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:
Easy-to-Read Version
Don't ever say to yourself, ‘I got all this wealth by my own power and ability.'
Revised Standard Version
Beware lest you say in your heart, 'My power and the might of my hand have 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.
King James Version (1611)
And thou say in thine heart, My power, and the might of mine hand hath 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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
New King James Version
then you say in your heart, "My power and the might of my hand have gained 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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Beware least thou say in thine heart, My power, and the strength of mine owne hand hath prepared me this abundance.
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.
Amplified Bible
"Otherwise, you may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.'
Hebrew Names Version
and [lest] you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
and thou say in thy heart: 'My power and the might of my hand hath gotten 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."
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."
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.
Lexham English Bible
And you may think in your heart, ‘My strength and the might of my hand acquired 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.
English Standard Version
Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten 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.'
New Century Version
You might say to yourself, "I am rich because of my own power and strength,"
Christian Standard Bible®
You may say to yourself, ‘My power and my own ability have gained 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:

Contextual Overview

10 You will eat your fill and then praise the Lord your God because of the good land he has given you. 11 Be sure you do not forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today. 12 When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses, 13 when your cattle and flocks increase, when you have plenty of silver and gold, and when you have abundance of everything, 14 be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the Lord your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery, 15 and who brought you through the great, fearful desert of venomous serpents and scorpions, an arid place with no water. He made water flow from a flint rock and 16 fed you in the desert with manna (which your ancestors had never before known) so that he might by humbling you test you and eventually bring good to you. 17 Be careful not to say, "My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth." 18 You must remember the Lord your God, for he is the one who gives ability to get wealth; if you do this he will confirm his covenant that he made by oath to your ancestors, even as he has to this day. 19 Now if you forget the Lord your God at all and follow other gods, worshiping and prostrating yourselves before them, I testify to you today that you will surely be annihilated.

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
God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth."
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground."
Genesis 8:13
In Noah's six hundred and first year, in the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth, and Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
Genesis 8:14
And by the twenty-seventh day of the second month the earth was dry.
Genesis 8:15
Then God spoke to Noah and said,
Genesis 9:1
Then God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.
Genesis 9:7
But as for you, be fruitful and multiply; increase abundantly on the earth and multiply on it."
Psalms 107:38
He blessed them so that they became very numerous. He would not allow their cattle to decrease in number.

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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