Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Or that I not be
And
King James Version
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Holman Bible
and deny You,
or I might have nothing and steal,
profaning
International Standard Version
so that I don't become overfed and deny you by saying, "Who is the LORD?" or so that I don't become poor and steal, and then misuse the name of my God.
A Conservative Version
lest I be full, and deny [thee], and say, Who is LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and use the name of my God profanely.
American Standard Version
Lest I be full, and deny thee , and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, And use profanely the name of my God.
Amplified
So that I will not be full and deny You and say, “Who is the Lord?”
Or that I will not be poor and steal,
And so profane the name of my God.
Bible in Basic English
For fear that if I am full, I may be false to you and say, Who is the Lord? or if I am poor, I may become a thief, using the name of my God wrongly.
Darby Translation
lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is Jehovah? or lest I be poor and steal, and outrage the name of my God.
Julia Smith Translation
Lest I shall be filled and I spake lies, and said, Who is Jehovah? and lest I shall be dispossessed and I stole, and I laid hold upon the name of God.
King James 2000
Lest I be full, and deny you, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Or else I will be satisfied and will deny [him] and say "Who [is] Yahweh?" Or I will be poor and will steal and profane the name of my God.
Modern King James verseion
lest I be full and deceive, and say, Who is Jehovah? Or lest I be poor, and steal, and violate the name of my God.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Lest I be so full, I deny thee, and say, "What fellow is the LORD?" And lest I, being constrained through poverty, fall unto stealing and foreswear the name of my God.
NET Bible
lest I become satisfied and act deceptively and say, "Who is the Lord?" Or lest I become poor and steal and demean the name of my God.
New Heart English Bible
lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is the LORD?' or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
The Emphasized Bible
Lest I be full, and deny, and say - Who is Yahweh? or lest I be impoverished and steal, and do violence to the Name of my God.
Webster
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
World English Bible
lest I be full, deny you, and say, 'Who is Yahweh?' or lest I be poor, and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
Youngs Literal Translation
Lest I become satiated, and have denied, And have said, 'Who is Jehovah?' And lest I be poor, and have stolen, And have laid hold of the name of my God.
Themes
Atheism » General references to
Contentment » Exemplified » Agur
Infidelity » Doubters » Atheism, general references to
Prosperity » Perils of » Denial of God
Riches » Often lead to » Denying God
Topics
Interlinear
Saba`
Yarash
References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 30:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Prayer
8
Give me neither poverty nor riches;
Feed me with the
Or that I not be
And
Or he will
Names
Cross References
Deuteronomy 31:20
Hosea 13:6
And being satisfied, their
Therefore they
Exodus 5:2
But Pharaoh said, “
Exodus 20:7
“
Deuteronomy 8:10-14
When
Deuteronomy 32:15
You are grown fat, thick, and sleek—
And scorned
Joshua 24:27
Joshua said to all the people, “Behold,
Leviticus 5:1
‘Now if a person sins after he hears a
Deuteronomy 6:10-12
“Then it shall come about when the Lord your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you,
2 Chronicles 32:15-17
Now therefore, do not let Hezekiah deceive you or mislead you like this, and do not believe him, for
Nehemiah 9:25-26
They took possession of
Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves,
Fruit trees in abundance.
So they ate, were filled and
And
Job 31:24-28
And called fine gold my trust,
Psalm 125:3
So that the righteous
Proverbs 6:30-31
To
Proverbs 29:24
He
Jeremiah 2:31
Have I been a wilderness to Israel,
Or a
Why do My people say, ‘
We will no longer come to You’?
Ezekiel 16:14-15
Then your
Ezekiel 16:49-50
Behold, this was the guilt of your sister Sodom: she and her daughters had
Daniel 4:17
And the decision is a command of the holy ones,
In order that the living may
That the Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind,
And
And sets over it the
Daniel 4:30
The king
Matthew 26:72
And again he denied it with an oath, “I do not know the man.”
Matthew 26:74
Then he began to curse and swear, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.
Acts 12:22-23
The people kept crying out, “The voice of a god and not of a man!”