| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1“Every commandment which I command you today you must be careful to observe, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers. | 1You must keep carefully all these commandments I am giving you today so that you may live, increase in number, and go in and occupy the land that the LORD promised to your ancestors. |
| 2And you shall remember that the LORD your God led you all the way these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you and test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. | 2Remember the whole way by which he has brought you these forty years through the desert so that he might, by humbling you, test you to see if you have it within you to keep his commandments or not. |
| 3So He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna which you did not know nor did your fathers know, that He might make you know that man shall not live by bread alone; but man lives by every word that proceeds from the mouth of the LORD. | 3So he humbled you by making you hungry and then feeding you with unfamiliar manna. He did this to teach you that humankind cannot live by bread alone, but also by everything that comes from the LORD's mouth. |
| 4Your garments did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years. | 4Your clothing did not wear out nor did your feet swell all these forty years. |
| 5You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the LORD your God chastens you. | 5Be keenly aware that just as a parent disciplines his child, the LORD your God disciplines you. |
| 6“Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him. | 6So you must keep his commandments, live according to his standards, and revere him. |
| 7For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, that flow out of valleys and hills; | 7For the LORD your God is bringing you to a good land, a land of brooks, springs, and fountains flowing forth in valleys and hills, |
| 8a land of wheat and barley, of vines and fig trees and pomegranates, a land of olive oil and honey; | 8a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates, of olive trees and honey, |
| 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. | 9a land where you may eat food in plenty and find no lack of anything, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you can mine copper. |
| 10When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which He has given you. | 10You will eat your fill and then praise the LORD your God because of the good land he has given you. |
| 11“Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments, His judgments, and His statutes which I command you today, | 11Be sure you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping his commandments, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today. |
| 12lest—when you have eaten and are full, and have built beautiful houses and dwell in them; | 12When you eat your fill, when you build and occupy good houses, |
| 13and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold are multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied; | 13when your cattle and flocks increase, when you have plenty of silver and gold, and when you have abundance of everything, |
| 14when your heart is lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage; | 14be sure you do not feel self-important and forget the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt, the place of slavery, |
| 15who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock; | 15and who brought you through the great, fearful desert of venomous serpents and scorpions, an arid place with no water. He made water flow from a flint rock and |
| 16who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in the end— | 16fed you in the desert with manna (which your ancestors had never before known) so that he might by humbling you test you and eventually bring good to you. |
| 17then you say in your heart, ‘My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’ | 17Be careful not to say, "My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth." |
| 18“And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. | 18You must remember the LORD your God, for he is the one who gives ability to get wealth; if you do this he will confirm his covenant that he made by oath to your ancestors, even as he has to this day. |
| 19Then it shall be, if you by any means forget the LORD your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish. | 19Now if you forget the LORD your God at all and follow other gods, worshiping and prostrating yourselves before them, I testify to you today that you will surely be annihilated. |
| 20As the nations which the LORD destroys before you, so you shall perish, because you would not be obedient to the voice of the LORD your God. | 20Just like the nations the LORD is about to destroy from your sight, so he will do to you because you would not obey him. |
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