Deuteronomy 8:17 (YLT)

Passage

and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth:

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 8:15 who is causing thee to go in the great and the terrible wilderness--burning serpent, and scorpion, and thirst--where there is no water; who is bringing out to thee waters from the flinty rock;

Deuteronomy 8:16 who is causing thee to eat manna in the wilderness, which thy fathers have not known, in order to humble thee, and in order to try thee, to do thee good in thy latter end),

Deuteronomy 8:17 and thou hast said in thy heart, My power, and the might of my hand, hath made for me this wealth:

Deuteronomy 8:18 `And thou hast remembered Jehovah thy God, for He it <FI>is<Fi> who is giving to thee power to make wealth, in order to establish His covenant which He hath sworn to thy fathers as <FI>at<Fi> this day.

Deuteronomy 8:19 `And it hath been--if thou really forget Jehovah thy God, and hast gone after other gods, and served them, and bowed thyself to them, I have testified against you to-day that ye do utterly perish;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "hast", "said", "heart", "power", "might", "hand", and "hath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "hast", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "who is causing thee to eat manna..." into verse 18's "And thou hast remembered Jehovah thy God...", so "thou" and "hast" 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 "thou" and "hast" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.