Deuteronomy 8:17

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.

WEB

and lest you say in your heart, “My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.”

ASV

and lest thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.

LSV

and you have said in your heart, My power and the might of my hand have made this wealth for me.

YLT

and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth:

DBY

— and thou say in thy heart, My power and the might of my hand has procured me this wealth.

DRC

Lest thou shouldst say in thy heart: My own might, and the strength of my own hand have achieved all these things for me.

GNV

Beware least thou say in thine heart, My power, and the strength of mine owne hand hath prepared me this abundance.

JPS

and thou say in thy heart: 'My power and the might of my hand hath gotten me this wealth.'

LXXE

Lest thou shouldest say in thine heart, My strength, and the power of mine hand have wrought for me this great wealth.

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Original-language editions

WLC

וְאָמַרְתָּ֖ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ כֹּחִי֙ וְעֹ֣צֶם יָדִ֔י עָ֥שָׂה לִ֖י אֶת־הַחַ֥יִל הַזֶּֽה׃

LXX-Br

Μὴ εἴπῃς ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου, ἡ ἰσχύς μου, καὶ τὸ κράτος τῆς χειρός μου ἐποίησέ μοι τὴν δύναμιν τὴν μεγάλην ταύτην.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

• Deuteronomy 9:4When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you…
• 1 Corinthians 4:7For who makes you so superior? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
• Daniel 4:30the king exclaimed, “Is this not Babylon the Great, which I myself have built by the might of my power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?”
• Isaiah 10:8–14“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says. “Is not Calno like Carchemish? Is not Hamath like Arpad? Is not Samaria like Damascus? As my hand seized the idolatrous kingdoms whose images surpassed those of Jerusalem and…
• Hosea 12:8And Ephraim boasts: “How rich I have become! I have found wealth for myself. In all my labors, they can find in me no iniquity that is sinful.”
• Deuteronomy 7:17You may say in your heart, “These nations are greater than we are; how can we drive them out?”
• Habakkuk 1:16Therefore he sacrifices to his dragnet and burns incense to his fishing net, for by these things his portion is sumptuous and his food is rich.

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