From 32e317f6d6d7f4f9f9bd7f080333bdce69415741 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PaulDeYoung <paul_deyoung@wycliffeassociates.org> Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023 18:19:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'deu/08/17.md' --- deu/08/17.md | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/deu/08/17.md b/deu/08/17.md index 86ca33db60..a2148973c6 100644 --- a/deu/08/17.md +++ b/deu/08/17.md @@ -1,11 +1,7 @@ -# Connecting Statement: -This is the third item in the list of things that Yahweh warns the Israelites that they might do ([Deuteronomy 8:11](./11.md)), the first being "your heart becomes lifted up" and the second being "you forget Yahweh your God" ([Deuteronomy 8:14](./14.md)). - # but you may say in your heart -This is the third thing the people might do when their hearts "become lifted up" and they "forget Yahweh" ([Deuteronomy 8:14](../08/14.md)). Here "heart" is a metonym for a person's innermost thoughts. Alternate translation: "but you may think to yourself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) +"but you may think to yourself". This is the third thing the people might do when their hearts "become lifted up" and they "forget Yahweh" (verse 14). # My power and the might of my hand acquired all this wealth -Here "hand" refers to a man's power or ability. Alternate translation: "I got this wealth because I am so strong and powerful" or "I have acquired all these things by my own power and ability" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) - +"I got this wealth because I am so strong and powerful" or "I have acquired all these things by my own power and ability"