You shall eat and be full, and you shall bless Yahweh your God for the good land which he has given you.
Parallel translations
- 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.
- BSB When you eat and are satisfied, you are to bless the LORD your God for the good land that He has given you.
- 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 103:2Praise Yahweh, my soul, and don’t forget all his benefits;
- Prov 3:9Honor Yahweh with your substance, with the first fruits of all your increase:
- Rom 14:6He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord; and he who does not observe the day, to the Lord he does not observe it. He who eats, eats to the Lord, for he gives God thanks. He who doesn’t eat, to the Lord he doesn’t eat, and gives God thanks.
- 1 Chr 29:14But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly as this? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.
- Matt 14:19He commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave to the multitudes.
- Deut 6:11–12and houses full of all good things, which you didn’t fill, and cisterns dug out, which you didn’t dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you didn’t plant, and you shall eat and be full;
- 1 Tim 4:4–5For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.
- 1 Cor 10:31Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
- 1 Th 5:18In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you.
- John 6:23However boats from Tiberias came near to the place where they ate 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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