1“The whole commandment that I command you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land that the Lord swore to give to your fathers. (De 4:1; De 5:32; De 6:1)2And you shall remember the whole way that the Lord your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, testing you to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments or not. (Ex 15:25; Ex 16:4; De 1:3; De 2:7; De 8:16; De 29:5; Jud 3:4; 2Ch 32:31; Am 2:10)3And he humbled you and let you hunger and fed you with manna, which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by every word[1] that comes from the mouth of the Lord. (Ex 16:2; Ex 16:12; Ex 16:14; Ex 16:35; Nu 11:6; Nu 21:5; Mt 4:4; Lu 4:4; Joh 6:49)4Your clothing did not wear out on you and your foot did not swell these forty years. (De 29:5; Ne 9:21)5Know then in your heart that, as a man disciplines his son, the Lord your God disciplines you. (2Sa 7:14; Pr 3:12; Pr 29:17; Ho 10:10; Heb 12:5; Re 3:19)6So you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God by walking in his ways and by fearing him.7For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing out in the valleys and hills, (De 11:10)8a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive trees and honey, (Nu 20:5)9a land in which you will eat bread without scarcity, in which you will lack nothing, a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper.10And you shall eat and be full, and you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.11“Take care lest you forget the Lord your God by not keeping his commandments and his rules and his statutes, which I command you today,12lest, when you have eaten and are full and have built good houses and live in them, (De 6:11; De 28:47; De 32:15; Pr 30:9; Ho 13:6)13and when your herds and flocks multiply and your silver and gold is multiplied and all that you have is multiplied,14then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, (Ps 78:11; Ps 106:21; 1Co 4:7)15who led you through the great and terrifying wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water, who brought you water out of the flinty rock, (Ex 17:6; Nu 20:11; Nu 21:6; De 1:19; De 32:13; Ps 78:15; Ps 114:8; Isa 30:6; Ho 13:5)16who fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers did not know, that he might humble you and test you, to do you good in the end. (Ex 16:15; De 8:3; Jer 24:5; Heb 12:11)17Beware lest you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’ (De 9:4)18You shall remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you power to get wealth, that he may confirm his covenant that he swore to your fathers, as it is this day. (De 7:8; De 7:12; Pr 10:22; Ho 2:8)19And if you forget the Lord your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I solemnly warn you today that you shall surely perish. (De 4:26; De 30:18)20Like the nations that the Lord makes to perish before you, so shall you perish, because you would not obey the voice of the Lord your God. (Da 9:11)
1Be careful to follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase and may enter and possess the land that the Lord promised on oath to your ancestors.2Remember how the Lord your God led you all the way in the wilderness these forty years, to humble and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.3He humbled you, causing you to hunger and then feeding you with manna, which neither you nor your ancestors had known, to teach you that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.4Your clothes did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.5Know then in your heart that as a man disciplines his son, so the Lord your God disciplines you.6Observe the commands of the Lord your God, walking in obedience to him and revering him.7For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land – a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills;8a land with wheat and barley, vines and fig-trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey;9a land where bread will not be scarce and you will lack nothing; a land where the rocks are iron and you can dig copper out of the hills.10When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.11Be careful that you do not forget the Lord your God, failing to observe his commands, his laws and his decrees that I am giving you this day.12Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses and settle down,13and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied,14then your heart will become proud and you will forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.15He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock.16He gave you manna to eat in the wilderness, something your ancestors had never known, to humble and test you so that in the end it might go well with you.17You may say to yourself, ‘My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.’18But remember the Lord your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your ancestors, as it is today.19If you ever forget the Lord your God and follow other gods and worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely be destroyed.20Like the nations the Lord destroyed before you, so you will be destroyed for not obeying the Lord your God.
1Make sure you obey every command I’m giving you today. Then you will live, and there will be many of you. You will enter the land and take it as your own. It’s the land the LORD promised to your people of long ago.2Remember how the LORD your God led you all the way. He guided you in the desert for these 40 years. He wanted to take your pride away. He wanted to test you to know what was in your hearts. He wanted to see whether you would obey his commands.3He took your pride away. He let you go hungry. Then he gave you manna to eat. You and your parents had never even known anything about manna before. He tested you to teach you that man doesn’t live only on bread. He also lives on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.4Your clothes didn’t wear out during these 40 years. Your feet didn’t swell.5Here is what I want you to know in your hearts. The LORD your God guides you, just as parents guide their children.6Obey the commands of the LORD your God. Live as he wants you to live. Have respect for him.7The LORD your God is bringing you into a good land. It has brooks, streams and deep springs of water. Those springs flow in its valleys and hills.8It has wheat, barley, vines, fig-trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey.9There is plenty of food in that land. You will have everything you need. Its rocks have iron in them. And you can dig copper out of its hills.10When you have eaten and are satisfied, praise the LORD your God. Praise him for the good land he has given you.11Make sure you don’t forget the LORD your God. Don’t fail to obey his commands, laws and rules. I’m giving them to you today.12But suppose you don’t obey his commands. And suppose you have plenty to eat. You build fine houses and live in them.13The number of your herds and flocks increases. You also get more and more silver and gold. And everything you have multiplies.14Then your hearts will become proud. And you will forget the LORD your God. The LORD brought you out of Egypt. That’s the land where you were slaves.15He led you through that huge and terrible desert. It was a dry land. It didn’t have any water. It had poisonous snakes and scorpions. The LORD gave you water out of solid rock.16He gave you manna to eat in the desert. Your people had never even known anything about manna before. The LORD took your pride away. He tested you. He did it so that things would go well with you in the end.17You might say to yourself, ‘My power and my strong hands have made me rich.’18But remember the LORD your God. He gives you the ability to produce wealth. That shows he stands by the terms of the covenant he made with you. He promised it to your people of long ago. And he’s still faithful to his covenant today.19Don’t forget the LORD your God. Don’t serve other gods. Don’t worship them and bow down to them. I am a witness against you today that if you do, you will certainly be destroyed.20You will be destroyed just like the nations the LORD your God is destroying to make room for you. That’s what will happen if you don’t obey him.
Deuteronomy 8
King James Version
1All the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD sware unto your fathers.2And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.4Thy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.5Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee.6Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.7For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;8A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;9A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.10When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.11Beware that thou forget not the LORD thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:12Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein ;13And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;14Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the LORD thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;15Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;16Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;17And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.18But thou shalt remember the LORD thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.19And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the LORD thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.20As the nations which the LORD destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the LORD your God.
1Ihr sollt das ganze Gebot, auf das ich dich heute verpflichte, bewahren und es halten, damit ihr Leben habt und zahlreich werdet und in das Land, das der HERR euren Vätern mit einem Schwur versprochen hat, hineinziehen und es in Besitz nehmen könnt. (De 1:8; De 6:18)2Du sollst an den ganzen Weg denken, den der HERR, dein Gott, dich während dieser vierzig Jahre in der Wüste geführt hat, um dich gefügig zu machen und dich zu prüfen. Er wollte erkennen, wie du dich entscheiden würdest: ob du seine Gebote bewahrst oder nicht. (Ex 15:25; Ex 16:4; Ex 20:20; De 4:32; De 7:8; De 11:1; De 13:4; De 29:1; Jud 2:22; Jud 3:4)3Durch Hunger hat er dich gefügig gemacht und hat dich dann mit dem Manna gespeist, das du nicht kanntest und das auch deine Väter nicht kannten. Er wollte dich erkennen lassen, dass der Mensch nicht nur von Brot lebt, sondern dass der Mensch von allem lebt, was der Mund des HERRN spricht. (Ex 16:1; Nu 11:4; Mt 4:4; Lu 4:4)4Deine Kleider sind dir nicht in Lumpen vom Leib gefallen und dein Fuß ist nicht geschwollen, diese vierzig Jahre lang. (De 2:7; De 29:4)5Daraus sollst du die Erkenntnis gewinnen, dass der HERR, dein Gott, dich erzieht, wie ein Mann sein Kind erzieht. (De 4:36; De 11:2; Heb 12:7; Wis 11:9)6Du sollst die Gebote des HERRN, deines Gottes, bewahren, auf seinen Wegen gehen und ihn fürchten.7Wenn der HERR, dein Gott, dich in ein prächtiges Land führt, ein Land mit Bächen, Quellen und Grundwasser, das im Tal und am Berg hervorquillt, (De 6:10; De 11:11; 2Ki 18:32)8ein Land mit Weizen und Gerste, mit Weinstock, Feigenbaum und Granatbaum, ein Land mit Ölbaum und Honig,9ein Land, in dem du nicht armselig dein Brot essen musst, in dem es dir an nichts fehlt, ein Land, dessen Steine aus Eisen sind, aus dessen Bergen du Erz gewinnst;10wenn du dort isst und satt wirst und den HERRN, deinen Gott, für das prächtige Land, das er dir gegeben hat, preist, (De 6:11)11dann nimm dich in Acht und vergiss den HERRN, deinen Gott, nicht, missachte nicht seine Gebote, Rechtsentscheide und Satzungen, auf die ich dich heute verpflichte!12Und wenn du gegessen hast und satt geworden bist und prächtige Häuser gebaut hast und sie bewohnst, (Ho 13:4)13wenn deine Rinder, Schafe und Ziegen sich vermehren und Silber und Gold sich bei dir häuft und dein gesamter Besitz sich vermehrt,14dann nimm dich in Acht, dass dein Herz nicht hochmütig wird und du den HERRN, deinen Gott, nicht vergisst, der dich aus Ägypten, dem Sklavenhaus, geführt hat;15der dich durch die große und Furcht erregende Wüste geführt hat, durch Feuernattern und Skorpione, durch ausgedörrtes Land, wo es kein Wasser gab; der für dich Wasser aus dem Felsen der Steilwand hervorsprudeln ließ; (Ex 17:1; Nu 21:4)16der dich in der Wüste mit dem Manna speiste, das deine Väter noch nicht kannten, um, nachdem er dich gefügig gemacht und dich geprüft hat, dir zuletzt Gutes zu tun. (De 8:3)17Dann nimm dich in Acht und denk nicht bei dir: Ich habe mir diesen Reichtum aus eigener Kraft und mit eigener Hand erworben.18Gedenke vielmehr des HERRN, deines Gottes: Er ist es, der dir die Kraft gibt, Reichtum zu erwerben, weil er seinen Bund, den er deinen Vätern geschworen hatte, so verwirklichen will, wie er es heute tut.19Wenn du aber den HERRN, deinen Gott, vergisst und anderen Göttern nachfolgst, ihnen dienst und dich vor ihnen niederwirfst - heute rufe ich Zeugen gegen euch an -, dann werdet ihr völlig ausgetilgt werden. (De 6:13; De 28:15; De 30:18)20Wie die Völker, die der HERR bei eurem Angriff austilgt, so werdet auch ihr dafür ausgetilgt werden, dass ihr nicht auf die Stimme des HERRN, eures Gottes, gehört habt.