Parallel Verses New International Version
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down,
English Standard Version
lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them,
New American Standard Bible
otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them,
King James Bible
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
Holman Christian Standard Bible
When you eat and are full, and build beautiful houses to live in,
International Standard Version
Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you have built beautiful houses and lived in them,
American Standard Version
lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Lest after thou hast eaten and art filled, hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them,
Darby Bible Translation
lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built and inhabited fine houses,
Young's Literal Translation
lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited;
Commentaries 8:10-20 Moses directs to the duty of a prosperous condition. Let them always remember their Benefactor. In everything we must give thanks. Moses arms them against the temptations of a prosperous condition. When men possess large estates, or are engaged in profitable business, they find the temptation to pride, forgetfulness of God, and carnal-mindedness, very strong; and they are anxious and troubled about many things. In this the believing poor have the advantage; they more easily perceive their supplies coming from the Lord in answer to the prayer of faith; and, strange as it may seem, they find less difficulty in simply trusting him for daily bread. They taste a sweetness therein, which is generally unknown to the rich, while they are also freed from many of their temptations. Forget not God's former dealings with thee. Here is the great secret of Divine Providence. Infinite wisdom and goodness are the source of all the changes and trials believers experience. Israel had many bitter trials, but it was to do them good. Pride is natural to the human heart. Would one suppose that such a people, after their slavery at the brick-kilns, should need the thorns of the wilderness to humble them? But such is man! And they were proved that they might be humbled. None of us live a single week without giving proofs of our weakness, folly, and depravity. To broken-hearted souls alone the Saviour is precious indeed. Nothing can render the most suitable outward and inward trials effectual, but the power of the Spirit of God. See here how God's giving and our getting are reconciled, and apply it to spiritual wealth. All God's gifts are in pursuance of his promises. Moses repeats the warning he had often given of the fatal consequences of forsaking God. Those who follow others in sin, will follow them to destruction. If we do as sinners do, we must expect to fare as sinners fare.
11-20. Beware that thou forget not the Lord—After mentioning those instances of the divine goodness, Moses founded on them an argument for their future obedience. |
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