American Standard Version
"lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; "
— Deuteronomy 8:12, American Standard Version
“Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;”
“lest, when you have eaten and are full, and have built goodly houses, and lived therein;”
“When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses,”
“Lest after thou hast eaten and art filled, hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them,”
“And when you have taken food and are full, and have made fair houses for yourselves and are living in them;”
“Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;”
a land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig copper.
And thou shalt eat and be full, and thou shalt bless Jehovah thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
Beware lest thou forget Jehovah thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
and when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
then thy heart be lifted up, and thou forget Jehovah thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage;
who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;