| New American Standard Bible 1995 | Christian Standard Bible |
| 1"All the commandments that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, that you may live and multiply, and go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to give to your forefathers. | 1"Carefully follow every command I am giving you today, so that you may live and increase, and may enter and take possession of the land the LORD swore to your fathers. |
| 2"You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you in the wilderness these forty years, that He might humble you, testing you, to know what was in your heart, whether you would keep His commandments or not. | 2Remember that the LORD your God led you on the entire journey these forty years in the wilderness, so that he might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands. |
| 3"He humbled you and let you be hungry, and fed you with manna which you did not know, nor did your fathers know, that He might make you understand that man does not live by bread alone, but man lives by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD. | 3He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then he gave you manna to eat, which you and your fathers had not known, so that you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD. |
| 4"Your clothing did not wear out on you, nor did your foot swell these forty years. | 4Your clothing did not wear out, and your feet did not swell these forty years. |
| 5"Thus you are to know in your heart that the LORD your God was disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son. | 5Keep in mind that the LORD your God has been disciplining you just as a man disciplines his son. |
| 6"Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him. | 6So keep the commands of the LORD your God by walking in his ways and fearing him. |
| 7"For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and springs, flowing forth in valleys and hills; | 7For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land with streams, springs, and deep water sources, flowing in both 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, figs, and pomegranates; a land of olive oil and honey; |
| 9a land where you will eat food without scarcity, in which you will not lack anything; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you can dig copper. | 9a land where you will eat food without shortage, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and from whose hills you will mine copper. |
| 10"When you have eaten and are satisfied, you shall bless the LORD your God for the good land which He has given you. | 10When you eat and are full, you will bless the LORD your God for the good land he has given you. |
| 11"Beware that you do not forget the LORD your God by not keeping His commandments and His ordinances and His statutes which I am commanding you today; | 11"Be careful that you don't forget the LORD your God by failing to keep his commands, ordinances, and statutes that I am giving you today. |
| 12otherwise, when you have eaten and are satisfied, and have built good houses and lived in them, | 12When you eat and are full, and build beautiful houses to live in, |
| 13and when your herds and your flocks multiply, and your silver and gold multiply, and all that you have multiplies, | 13and your herds and flocks grow large, and your silver and gold multiply, and everything else you have increases, |
| 14then your heart will become proud and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. | 14be careful that your heart doesn't become proud and you forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery. |
| 15"He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with its fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground where there was no water; He brought water for you out of the rock of flint. | 15He led you through the great and terrible wilderness with its poisonous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty land where there was no water. He brought water out of the flint rock for you. |
| 16"In the wilderness He fed you manna which your fathers did not know, that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do good for you in the end. | 16He fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers had not known, in order to humble and test you, so that in the end he might cause you to prosper. |
| 17"Otherwise, you may say in your heart, 'My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.' | 17You may say to yourself, 'My power and my own ability have gained this wealth for me,' |
| 18"But you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day. | 18but remember that the LORD your God gives you the power to gain wealth, in order to confirm his covenant he swore to your fathers, as it is today. |
| 19"It shall come about if you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish. | 19If you ever forget the LORD your God and follow other gods to serve them and bow in worship to them, I testify against you today that you will perish. |
| 20"Like the nations that the LORD makes to perish before you, so you shall perish; because you would not listen to the voice of the LORD your God. | 20Like the nations the LORD is about to destroy before you, you will perish if you do not obey the LORD your God. |
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