Be careful not to say,“ My own ability and skill have gotten me this wealth.”

恐怕你心里说：‘这货财是我力量、我能力得来的。’

你心里说：‘这财富是我的力量、我手的能力得来的。’

你心里说：‘这财富是我的力量、我手的能力得来的。’

你们切勿以为是凭自己的双手和能力致富的。

恐怕你心里说：‘这财富是我的力量，是我手的能力使我得着的。’

恐怕你心裏說：『這貨財是我力量、我能力得來的。』

你心裏說：『這財富是我的力量、我手的能力得來的。』

你心裏說：『這財富是我的力量、我手的能力得來的。』

你們切勿以為是憑自己的雙手和能力致富的。

恐怕你心裡說：‘這財富是我的力量，是我手的能力使我得著的。’

恐怕你富足了，你心裏就說：「這資財是我的力量我手的力氣給我得來的。」

恐爾自謂、得此貨財、乃我之能、與我之力、

恐爾意謂由己力己能、獲此貨財。

恐爾意謂我獲此財、盡由己力己能、

You may say to yourself,“ My power and the strength of my hands have produced this wealth for me.”

You might say to yourself,“ My power and my strong hands have made me rich.”

Beware lest you say in your heart,‘ My power and the might of my hand have gotten me this wealth.’

He did all this so you would never say to yourself,‘ I have achieved this wealth with my own strength and energy.’

You may say to yourself,‘ My power and my own ability have gained this wealth for me,’

Otherwise, you may say in your heart,‘ My power and the strength of my hand made me this wealth.’

then you say in your heart,‘ My power and the might of my hand have gained me this wealth.’

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

You may say to yourself,‘ My power and my own ability have gained this wealth for me,’

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

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

Do not think to yourself after the LORD your God has driven them out before you,“ Because of my own righteousness the LORD has brought me here to possess this land.” It is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out ahead of you.

For who concedes you any superiority? What do you have that you did not receive? And if you received it, why do you boast as though you did not?

If you think,“ These nations are more numerous than I– how can I dispossess them?”

Because of his success he offers sacrifices to his throw net and burns incense to his dragnet; for because of them he has plenty of food, and more than enough to eat.

Indeed, he says:“ Are not my officials all kings?Is not Calneh like Carchemish? Hamath like Arpad? Samaria like Damascus?I overpowered kingdoms ruled by idols, whose carved images were more impressive than Jerusalem’s or Samaria’s.As I have done to Samaria and its idols, so I will do to Jerusalem and its idols.”But when the sovereign master finishes judging Mount Zion and Jerusalem, then I will punish the king of Assyria for what he has proudly planned and for the arrogant attitude he displays.For he says:“ By my strong hand I have accomplished this, by my strategy that I devised. I invaded the territory of nations, and looted their storehouses. Like a mighty conqueror, I brought down rulers.My hand discovered the wealth of the nations, as if it were in a nest, as one gathers up abandoned eggs, I gathered up the whole earth. There was no wing flapping, or open mouth chirping.”

Ephraim boasts,“ I am very rich! I have become wealthy! In all that I have done to gain my wealth, no one can accuse me of any offense that is actually sinful.”

The king uttered these words:“ Is this not the great Babylon that I have built for a royal residence by my own mighty strength and for my majestic honor?”