Deuteronomy 8:12
in Deuteronomy 8Otherwise, when you eat and are satisfied, when you build fine houses in which to dwell,
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ASV
lest, when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
KJV
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
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This verse in Deuteronomy 8
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
when you eat and are satisfied
on Deuteronomy 8:12-14
Verse 1 promised that they may "live and multiply", and verse 13 uses that Hebrew verb three times, over herds and flocks, silver and gold. What was promised is what endangers them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Lest when thou hast eaten and art full,.... Not only once and again, but continually, day after day, being indulged with great plenty: and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein; who for forty years had only dwelt in tents, moving from place to place in the wilderness.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
The yod in yirbeyun (multiply) is in place of a heh. 22 For the root of yirbeyun is resh, bet, heh.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| פֶּן־ | pen- | lest | H6435 → | 133 times |
| תֹּאכַ֖ל | tokhal | you should eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| וְשָׂבָ֑עְתָּ | vesavaeta | and you will be satisfied | H7646 → | 97 times |
| וּבָתִּ֥ים | uvatim | and houses | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| טוֹבִ֛ים | tovim | good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| תִּבְנֶ֖ה | tivneh | you will build | H1129 → | 376 times |
| וְיָשָֽׁבְתָּ׃ | veyashaveta | and you will dwell | H3427 → | 1079 times |
פֶּן־lest
pen-H6435 →133 times
תֹּאכַ֖לyou should eat
tokhalH398 →810 times
וְשָׂבָ֑עְתָּand you will be satisfied
vesavaetaH7646 →97 times
וּבָתִּ֥יםand houses
uvatimH1004 →2046 times
טוֹבִ֛יםgood
tovimH2896 →538 times
תִּבְנֶ֖הyou will build
tivnehH1129 →376 times
וְיָשָֽׁבְתָּ׃and you will dwell
veyashavetaH3427 →1079 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 30:9Otherwise, I may have too much and deny You, saying, ‘Who is the LORD?’ Or I may become poor and steal, profaning the name of my God.
it leads to
- Hosea 13:6
When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 31:20
When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 16:49–50
Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
- Deuteronomy 8:10–14
When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.
- Nehemiah 9:25–26
They captured fortified cities and fertile land and took houses full of all goods, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled; they grew fat…
- Hosea 13:6
Through
Deuteronomy 28:47Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 16:11
and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your…
- Deuteronomy 12:7–12
There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.
- Deuteronomy 16:11
Through
Deuteronomy 32:15But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 33:5
So the LORD became King in Jeshurun when the leaders of the people gathered, when the tribes of Israel came together.
- Deuteronomy 33:5
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.