Deuteronomy 8:12 (YLT)

Passage

lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited;

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 8:10 and thou hast eaten, and been satisfied, and hast blessed Jehovah thy God, on the good land which he hath given to thee.

Deuteronomy 8:11 `Take heed to thyself, lest thou forget Jehovah thy God so as not to keep His commands, and His judgments, and His statutes which I am commanding thee to-day;

Deuteronomy 8:12 lest thou eat, and hast been satisfied, and good houses dost build, and hast inhabited;

Deuteronomy 8:13 and thy herd and thy flock be multiplied, and silver and gold be multiplied to thee; and all that is thine be multiplied:

Deuteronomy 8:14 `And thy heart hath been high, and thou hast forgotten Jehovah thy God (who is bringing thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "lest", "thou", "hast", "been", "satisfied", "good", "houses", and "dost". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "lest" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Take heed to thyself lest thou forget..." into verse 13's "and thy herd and thy flock be...", so "lest" and "thou" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "lest" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.