Remember the LORD Your God 1 Brenton Ye shall observe to do all the commands which I charge you to-day, that ye may live and be multiplied, and enter in and inherit the land, which the Lord your God sware to give to your fathers. BSB BSB: 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.
2 Brenton And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee in the wilderness, that he might afflict thee, and try thee, and that the things in thine heart might be made manifest, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or no. BSB BSB: 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.
3 Brenton And he afflicted thee and straitened thee with hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might teach thee that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God shall man live. BSB BSB: 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.
4 Brenton Thy garments grew not old from off thee, thy shoes were not worn from off thee, thy feet were not painfully hardened, lo! these forty years. BSB BSB: Your clothing did not wear out and your feet did not swell during these forty years.
5 Brenton And thou shalt know in thine heart, that as if any man should chasten his son, so the Lord thy God will chasten thee. BSB BSB: So know in your heart that just as a man disciplines his son, so the LORD your God disciplines you.
6 Brenton And thou shalt keep the commands of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. BSB BSB: Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, walking in His ways and fearing Him.
7 Brenton For the Lord thy God will bring thee into a good and extensive land, where there are torrents of waters, and fountains of deep places issuing through the plains and through the mountains: BSB BSB: 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;
8 Brenton a land of wheat and barley, wherein are vines, figs, pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey; BSB BSB: a land of wheat, barley, vines, fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey;
9 Brenton a land on which thou shalt not eat thy bread with poverty, and thou shalt not want any thing upon it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of its mountains thou shalt dig brass. BSB BSB: 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.
10 Brenton And thou shalt eat and be filled, and shalt bless the Lord thy God on the good land, which he has given thee. BSB BSB: When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.
11 Brenton Take heed to thyself that thou forget not the Lord thy God, so as not to keep his commands, and his judgments, and ordinances, which I command thee this day: BSB BSB: 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.
12 Brenton lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt in them; BSB BSB: Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
13 Brenton and thy oxen and thy sheep are multiplied to thee, and thy silver and thy gold are multiplied to thee, and all thy possessions are multiplied to thee, BSB BSB: and when your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all that you have is multiplied,
14 Brenton thou shouldest be exalted in heart, and forget the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage: BSB BSB: 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.
15 Brenton who brought thee through that great and terrible wilderness, where is the biting serpent, and scorpion, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee a fountain of water out of the flinty rock: BSB BSB: 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.
16 Brenton who fed thee with manna in the wilderness, which thou knewest not, and thy fathers knew not; that he might afflict thee, and thoroughly try thee, and do thee good in thy latter days. BSB BSB: 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.
17 Brenton Lest thou shouldest say in thine heart, My strength, and the power of mine hand have wrought for me this great wealth. BSB BSB: You might say in your heart, “The power and strength of my hands have made this wealth for me.”
18 Brenton But thou shalt remember the Lord thy God, that he gives thee strength to get wealth; even that he may establish his covenant, which the Lord sware to thy fathers, as at this day. BSB BSB: 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.
19 Brenton And it shall come to pass if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and shouldest go after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall surely perish. BSB BSB: 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.
20 Brenton As also the other nations which the Lord God destroys before your face, so shall ye perish, because ye hearkened not to the voice of the Lord your God. BSB BSB: Like the nations that the LORD has destroyed before you, so you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God.
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