- Deuteronomy 8:11
הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ פֶּן־תִּשְׁכַּח אֶת־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ לְבִלְתִּי שְׁמֹר מִצְוֺתָיו וּמִשְׁפָּטָיו וְחֻקֹּתָיו אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם׃
Take care lest you forget the ETERNAL your God and fail to keep the commandments, rules, and laws that I enjoin upon you today.
Targum Onkelos
אִסְתְּמַר לָךְ דִּלְמָא תִתְנְשֵׁי יָת דַּחְלְתָא דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ בְּדִיל דְּלָא לְמִטַּר פִּקּוֹדוֹהִי וְדִינוֹהִי וּקְיָמוֹהִי דַּאֲנָא מְפַקֵּיד לָךְ יוֹמָא דֵּין׃
Look out for yourself lest you forget [the fear of] Adonoy, your God, to not guard His commandments, His laws, and His statutes that I am commanding you today.
- Deuteronomy 8:12
פֶּן־תֹּאכַל וְשָׂבָעְתָּ וּבָתִּים טֹבִים תִּבְנֶה וְיָשָׁבְתָּ׃
When you have eaten your fill, and have built fine houses to live in,
Targum Onkelos
דִּלְמָא תֵיכוֹל וְתִשְׂבַּע וּבָתִּין שַׁפִּירִין תִּבְנֵי וְתִתֵּיב׃
Lest you eat and be full, and build good [beautiful] houses and live [in them.]
- Deuteronomy 8:13
וּבְקָרְךָ וְצֹאנְךָ יִרְבְּיֻן וְכֶסֶף וְזָהָב יִרְבֶּה־לָּךְ וְכֹל אֲשֶׁר־לְךָ יִרְבֶּה׃
and your herds and flocks have multiplied, and your silver and gold have increased, and everything you own has prospered,
Targum Onkelos
וְתוֹרָךְ וְעָנָךְ יִסְגּוֹן וְכַסְפָּא וְדַהְבָּא יִסְגֵּי לָךְ וְכֹל דְּלָךְ יִסְגֵּי׃
And your cattle and your sheep multiply, and silver and gold multiply for you, and everything you own multiplies.
- Deuteronomy 8:14
וְרָם לְבָבֶךָ וְשָׁכַחְתָּ אֶת־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הַמּוֹצִיאֲךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עֲבָדִים׃
beware lest your heart grow haughty and you forget the ETERNAL your God—who freed you from the land of Egypt, the house of bondage;
Targum Onkelos
וְיִירַם לִבָּךְ וְתִתְנְשֵׁי יָת דַּחְלְתָא דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ דְּאַפְּקָךְ מֵאַרְעָא דְּמִצְרַיִם מִבֵּית עַבְדּוּתָא׃
And your pride increases, and you forget [the fear of] Adonoy, your God, Who took you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of slavery;
- Deuteronomy 8:15
הַמּוֹלִיכְךָ בַּמִּדְבָּר ׀ הַגָּדֹל וְהַנּוֹרָא נָחָשׁ ׀ שָׂרָף וְעַקְרָב וְצִמָּאוֹן אֲשֶׁר אֵין־מָיִם הַמּוֹצִיא לְךָ מַיִם מִצּוּר הַחַלָּמִישׁ׃
who led you through the great and terrible wilderness with its seraph serpents and scorpions, a parched land with no water in it, who brought forth water for you from the flinty rock;
Targum Onkelos
דְּדַבְּרָךְ בְּמַדְבְּרָא רַבָּא וּדְחִילָא אֲתַר דְּחִיוָוָן קָלַן וְעַקְרַבִּין וּבֵית צַהְוָונָא אֲתַר דְּלֵית מַיָּא דְּאַפֵּיק לָךְ מַיָּא מִטִּנָּרָא תַּקִּיפָא׃
Who led you through the wilderness—the great and awesome[one]—[a place of] snake[s], serpent[s] and scorpion[s], and thirst[ing] [a place] where there is no water; Who took water out for you from solid [mighty] rock;
- Deuteronomy 8:16
הַמַּאֲכִלְךָ מָן בַּמִּדְבָּר אֲשֶׁר לֹא־יָדְעוּן אֲבֹתֶיךָ לְמַעַן עַנֹּתְךָ וּלְמַעַן נַסֹּתֶךָ לְהֵיטִבְךָ בְּאַחֲרִיתֶךָ׃
who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your ancestors had never known, in order to test you by hardships only to benefit you in the end—
Targum Onkelos
דְּאוֹכְלָךְ מַנָּא בְּמַדְבְּרָא דְּלָא יְדַעוּ אֲבָהָתָךְ בְּדִיל לְעַנָּיוּתָךְ וּבְדִיל לְנַסָּיוּתָךְ לְאוֹטָבָא לָךְ בְּסוֹפָךְ׃
Who fed you mon in the wilderness that your forefathers had not known, in order to oppress you and in order to test you, to ultimately benefit you—
- Deuteronomy 8:17
וְאָמַרְתָּ בִּלְבָבֶךָ כֹּחִי וְעֹצֶם יָדִי עָשָׂה לִי אֶת־הַחַיִל הַזֶּה׃
and you say to yourselves, “My own power and the might of my own hand have won this wealth for me.”
Targum Onkelos
וְתֵימַר בְּלִבָּךְ חֵילִי וּתְקוֹף יְדַי קְנָא לִי יָת נִכְסַיָּא הָאִלֵּין׃
And you think, ‘‘My strength and the power of my hand have acquired this wealth for me.’’
- Deuteronomy 8:18
וְזָכַרְתָּ אֶת־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ כִּי הוּא הַנֹּתֵן לְךָ כֹּחַ לַעֲשׂוֹת חָיִל לְמַעַן הָקִים אֶת־בְּרִיתוֹ אֲשֶׁר־נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ כַּיּוֹם הַזֶּה׃
Remember that it is the ETERNAL your God who gives you the power to get wealth, in fulfillment of the covenant made on oath with your fathers, as is still the case.
Targum Onkelos
וְתִדְכַר יָת יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ אֲרֵי הוּא יָהֵיב לָךְ עֵיצָא לְמִקְנֵי נִכְסִין בְּדִיל לְקַיָּימָא יָת קְיָמֵיהּ דְּקַיֵּים לַאֲבָהָתָךְ כְּיוֹמָא הָדֵין׃
Recall Adonoy, your God, for it is He Who gives you counsel to acquire wealth, in order to establish His covenant that He swore to your forefathers this day.
- Deuteronomy 8:19
וְהָיָה אִם־שָׁכֹחַ תִּשְׁכַּח אֶת־יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ וְהָלַכְתָּ אַחֲרֵי אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וַעֲבַדְתָּם וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתָ לָהֶם הַעִדֹתִי בָכֶם הַיּוֹם כִּי אָבֹד תֹּאבֵדוּן׃
If you do forget the ETERNAL your God and follow other gods to serve them or bow down to them, I warn you this day that you shall certainly perish;
Targum Onkelos
וִיהֵי אִם אִתְנְשָׁאָה תִתְנְשֵׁי יָת דַּחְלְתָא דַּייָ אֱלָהָךְ וּתְהָךְ בָּתַר טָעֲוָת עַמְמַיָּא וְתִפְלְחִנִּין וְתִסְגּוֹד לְהוֹן אַסְהֵידִית בְּכוֹן יוֹמָא דֵין אֲרֵי מֵיבָד תֵּיבְדוּן׃
When and if you forget [the fear of] Adonoy, your God, and follow other gods, and serve them and bow to them, I testify about you today that you will surely be destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 8:20
כַּגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר יְהֹוָה מַאֲבִיד מִפְּנֵיכֶם כֵּן תֹּאבֵדוּן עֵקֶב לֹא תִשְׁמְעוּן בְּקוֹל יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵיכֶם׃
like the nations that GOD will cause to perish before you, so shall you perish—because you did not heed the ETERNAL your God.
Targum Onkelos
כְּעַמְמַיָּא דַּייָ מוֹבֵיד מִן קֳדָמֵיכוֹן כֵּן תֵּיבְדוּן חֲלָף דְּלָא קַבֵּילְתּוּן לְמֵימְרָא דַּייָ אֱלָהֲכוֹן׃
Like the nations that Adonoy is destroying before you, so will you be destroyed, as a consequence of your not heeding [the word of] Adonoy, your God.
- Deuteronomy 9:1
שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל אַתָּה עֹבֵר הַיּוֹם אֶת־הַיַּרְדֵּן לָבֹא לָרֶשֶׁת גּוֹיִם גְּדֹלִים וַעֲצֻמִים מִמֶּךָּ עָרִים גְּדֹלֹת וּבְצֻרֹת בַּשָּׁמָיִם׃
Hear, O Israel! You are about to cross the Jordan to go in and dispossess nations greater and more populous than you: great cities with walls sky-high;
Targum Onkelos
שְׁמַע יִשְׂרָאֵל אַתְּ עָבַר יוֹמָא דֵין יָת יַרְדְּנָא לְמֵיעַל לְמֵירַת עַמְמִין רַבְרְבִין וְתַקִּיפִין מִנָּךְ קִרְוִין רַבְרְבָן וּכְרִיכָן עַד צֵית שְׁמַיָּא׃
Listen, Yisroel! You are today crossing the Yardein to come inherit nations greater and more powerful than you; cities great and fortified to the [height of the] sky.
- Deuteronomy 9:2
עַם־גָּדוֹל וָרָם בְּנֵי עֲנָקִים אֲשֶׁר אַתָּה יָדַעְתָּ וְאַתָּה שָׁמַעְתָּ מִי יִתְיַצֵּב לִפְנֵי בְּנֵי עֲנָק׃
a people great and tall, the Anakites, of whom you have knowledge; for you have heard it said, “Who can stand up to the children of Anak?”
Targum Onkelos
עַם רַב וְתַקִּיף בְּנֵי גִּבָּרַיָּא דְּאַתְּ יְדַעְתָּא וְאַתְּ שְׁמַעְתָּא מַן יִכּוֹל לִמְקָם קֳדָם בְּנֵי גִּבָּרָא׃
A great and powerful people, descendants of the Anokim [giants], about whom you know and heard, ‘‘who can stand up to the descendants of Anok?’’
- Deuteronomy 9:3
וְיָדַעְתָּ הַיּוֹם כִּי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הוּא־הָעֹבֵר לְפָנֶיךָ אֵשׁ אֹכְלָה הוּא יַשְׁמִידֵם וְהוּא יַכְנִיעֵם לְפָנֶיךָ וְהוֹרַשְׁתָּם וְהַאֲבַדְתָּם מַהֵר כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר יְהֹוָה לָךְ׃
Know then this day that none other than the ETERNAL your God is crossing at your head, a devouring fire; it is [God] who will wipe them out—subduing them before you, that you may quickly dispossess and destroy them, as GOD promised you.
Targum Onkelos
וְתִדַּע יוֹמָא דֵין אֲרֵי יְיָ אֱלָהָךְ הוּא עָבַר קֳדָמָךְ מֵימְרֵיהּ אִישָׁא אָכְלָא הוּא יְשֵׁיצֵינוּן וְהוּא יְתַבְּרִנּוּן קֳדָמָךְ וּתְתָרֵיכִנּוּן וְתוֹבֵידִנּוּן בִּפְרִיעַ כְּמָא דְּמַלֵּיל יְיָ לָךְ׃
You know today that Adonoy, your God, is the One crossing before you, [His word is] a consuming fire, He will destroy them and He will subdue them before you; you will expel them and destroy them quickly, as Adonoy promised for you.