Catholic Public Domain Version
"Otherwise, after you have eaten and been satisfied, and have built beautiful houses and have lived in them, "
— Deuteronomy 8:12, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;”
“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;”
In that place, without any need, you shall eat your bread and enjoy an abundance of all things: where the stones are like iron, and where ore for brass is dug out of its mountains.
So then, when you have eaten and been satisfied, you should bless the Lord your God for the excellent land which he has given to you.
Be observant and cautious, lest at some time you may forget the Lord your God, and neglect his commandments, as well as the judgments and ceremonies, which I instruct to you this day.
Otherwise, after you have eaten and been satisfied, and have built beautiful houses and have lived in them,
and have obtained herds of oxen, and flocks of sheep, and a plentitude of gold and silver and all things,
your heart might be lifted up, and you might not remember the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, from the house of servitude,
and who was your leader in the great and terrible wilderness, in which there was the serpent with a burning breath, and the scorpion, and the snake of thirst, and no waters at all. He led streams out of the hardest rock,