Deuteronomy 8

1 You must carefully follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and multiply, and enter and possess the land that the LORD swore to give your fathers.

You must take care to follow every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may live and have many descendants, and go in and take over the country the Lord promised to give to your fore fathers.

2 Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.

Remember how for these forty years the Lord your God has led you all the way through the desert, humbling you and testing you in order to find out what you were really thinking, and whether or not you would keep his commandments.

3 He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.

He humbled you, and when you were hungry he gave you manna to eat, which nobody, including you and your forefathers, had ever had before This was in order to make it clear to you that human beings do not live by only eating bread, but by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

4 Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.

During these forty years your clothing didn't wear out and your feet didn't swell up.

5 So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.

So you should realize that just as a parent disciplines their child, so the Lord your God disciplines you.

6 Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, walking in His ways and fearing Him.

That's why you have to keep the commandments of the Lord your God, following his ways and respecting him.

7 For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;

For the Lord your God is taking you to a good country. It's a land of streams and pools and springs that flow through the valleys and down the hills;

8 a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;

It's a land that produces wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, pomegranates, olive oil and honey.

9 a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.

It's a land where you won't run out of food, where you will have everything you need; a land whose rocks contain iron ore and whose hills can be mined for copper.

10 When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.

When you eat and are full, make sure you thank the Lord your God for the good land that he's given you.

11 Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.

Make sure you don't forget the Lord your God by disobeying his commandments and rules and regulations that I'm giving you today.

12 Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,

For when you eat and are full, when you build beautiful houses to live in,

13 and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,

and when your herds and flocks grow larger, and your silver and gold accumulates, and all your possessions increase,

14 then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

then you will become proud, and you will forget the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt, out of the prison-house of slavery.

15 He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.

He guided you through the immense and terrifying desert with its poisonous snakes and scorpions—a dried up, waterless land. He brought water for you out of a flint rock.

16 He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.

He fed you in the desert with manna that your forefathers had never known, humbling you and testing you, so that eventually you would do well in the future.

17 You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”

You might think to yourselves, “I became rich through all my hard work.”

18 But remember that it is the LORD your God who gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm His covenant that He swore to your fathers even to this day.

But remember it's the Lord your God who gives you the ability to become rich, in order to fulfill his agreement he promised to your forefathers that still exists today.

19 If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.

If you ever forget the Lord your God, and run after other gods, worshiping and bowing down to them, I assure you right now that you will definitely die!

20 Like the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.

In the same way the Lord destroyed the nations as you advanced, you will also die if you don't obey the Lord your God.