Deuteronomy 8
- 1All the commandments which I command you this day shall you observe to do, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to your fathers.
- 2And you shall remember all the way which the Lord your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, and to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or no.
- 3And he humbled you, and let you hunger, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord man lives.
- 4Your clothing did not grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.
- 5You shall also consider in your heart, that, as a man chastens his son, so the Lord your God chastens you.
- 6Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
- 7For the Lord your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills.
- 8A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates, a land of oil olive, and honey.
- 9A land in which you shall eat bread without shortage, you shall not lack anything in it. A land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig bronze.
- 10When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which he has given you.
- 11Beware that you do not forget the Lord your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his laws, which I command you this day:
- 12Or else when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses, and lived in it.
- 13And when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied.
- 14Then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
- 15Who led you through that great and fearsome wilderness, in which were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water. Who brought you out water out of the rock of flint.
- 16Who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end.
- 17And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.
- 18But 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.
- 19And it shall be, if you do at all forget the Lord your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.
- 20As the nations which the Lord destroys before your face, so you shall perish. Because you would not be obedient to the voice of the Lord your God.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Deuteronomy 8 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAll the commandments which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers.
GIGAKJVAll the commandments which I command you this day shall you observe to do, that you may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the Lord swore to your fathers.
KJVAnd thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall remember all the way which the Lord your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, to humble you, and to test you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep his commandments, or no.
KJVAnd he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
GIGAKJVAnd he humbled you, and let you hunger, and fed you with manna, which you did not know, neither did your fathers know, that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord man lives.
KJVThy raiment waxed not old upon thee, neither did thy foot swell, these forty years.
GIGAKJVYour clothing did not grow old on you, neither did your foot swell, these forty years.
KJVThou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.
GIGAKJVYou shall also consider in your heart, that, as a man chastens his son, so the Lord your God chastens you.
KJVTherefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
GIGAKJVTherefore you shall keep the commandments of the Lord your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
KJVFor the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
GIGAKJVFor the Lord your God brings you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills.
KJVA land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;
GIGAKJVA land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates, a land of oil olive, and honey.
KJVA land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.
GIGAKJVA land in which you shall eat bread without shortage, you shall not lack anything in it. A land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig bronze.
KJVWhen thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the Lord thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
GIGAKJVWhen you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which he has given you.
KJVBeware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:
GIGAKJVBeware that you do not forget the Lord your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his laws, which I command you this day:
KJVLest when thou hast eaten and art full, and hast built goodly houses, and dwelt therein;
GIGAKJVOr else when you have eaten and are full, and have built fine houses, and lived in it.
KJVAnd when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied;
GIGAKJVAnd when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and your gold is multiplied, and all that you have is multiplied.
KJVThen thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;
GIGAKJVThen your heart be lifted up, and you forget the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
KJVWho led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint;
GIGAKJVWho led you through that great and fearsome wilderness, in which were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water. Who brought you out water out of the rock of flint.
KJVWho fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
GIGAKJVWho fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers did not know, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end.
KJVAnd thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
GIGAKJVAnd you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.
KJVBut thou shalt remember the Lord thy God: for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth, that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as it is this day.
GIGAKJVBut 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.
KJVAnd it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
GIGAKJVAnd it shall be, if you do at all forget the Lord your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that you shall surely perish.
KJVAs the nations which the Lord destroyeth before your face, so shall ye perish; because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of the Lord your God.
GIGAKJVAs the nations which the Lord destroys before your face, so you shall perish. Because you would not be obedient to the voice of the Lord your God.
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