When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless Yahweh your God for the good land which he has given you.
- KJV When thou hast eaten and art full, then thou shalt bless the LORD thy God for the good land which he hath given thee.
- NKJV When you have eaten and are full, then you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you.
- NASB When you have eaten and are satisfied, you shall bless the Lord your God for the good land which He has given you.
- NLT When you have eaten your fill, be sure to praise the Lord your God for the good land he has given you.
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Quick answer
When Israel has eaten and is full, they must bless the LORD for the good land he has given. Gratitude is the proper response to God's provision.
Overview
Moses commands that abundance lead to thanksgiving, not forgetfulness. Blessing God for his gifts keeps the heart rightly oriented to the Giver. This call to grateful praise guards against the pride and self-reliance warned of in the following verses, and models the thankful life of God's redeemed people.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 10
- Ps 103:2Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—
- Prov 3:9Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your harvest;
- Rom 14:6He who observes a special day does so to the Lord; he who eats does so to the Lord, for he gives thanks to God; and he who abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God.
- 1 Chr 29:14But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
- Matt 14:19And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
- Deut 6:11–12with houses full of every good thing with which you did not fill them, with wells that you did not dig, and with vineyards and olive groves that you did not plant—and when you eat and are satisfied,
- 1 Tim 4:4–5For every creation of God is good, and nothing that is received with thanksgiving should be rejected,
- 1 Cor 10:31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.
- 1 Th 5:18Give thanks in every circumstance, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.
- John 6:23However, some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
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Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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