Deuteronomy Chapter 9 verse 5 Holy Bible
Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
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Not for your righteousness or because your hearts are upright are you going in to take their land; but because of the evil-doing of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out from before you, and to give effect to his oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou enter in to possess their land, but for the wickedness of these nations doth Jehovah thy God dispossess them from before thee, and that he may perform the word which Jehovah swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
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Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations, the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD swore to thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
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not for thy righteousness, and for the uprightness of thy heart, art thou going in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations is Jehovah thy God dispossessing them from before thee; and in order to establish the word which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob;
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Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) Not for thy righteousness . . . dost thou go.--The pronoun is emphatic. There is no reason why thou of all others shouldest be thus honoured.Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewIt is notלֹ֣א (lō)Adverb - Negative particleStrong's 3808: Not, noby your righteousnessבְצִדְקָתְךָ֗ (ḇə·ṣiḏ·qā·ṯə·ḵā)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 6666: Rightness, subjectively, objectivelyor uprightnessוּבְיֹ֙שֶׁר֙ (ū·ḇə·yō·šer)Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructStrong's 3476: Straightness, uprightnessof heartלְבָ֣בְךָ֔ (lə·ḇā·ḇə·ḵā)Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 3824: Inner man, mind, will, heartthat youאַתָּ֥ה (’at·tāh)Pronoun - second person masculine singularStrong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and youare going inבָ֖א (ḇā)Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularStrong's 935: To come in, come, go in, goto possessלָרֶ֣שֶׁת (lā·re·šeṯ)Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructStrong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruintheir land,אַרְצָ֑ם (’ar·ṣām)Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 776: Earth, landbut [it is] becauseכִּ֞י (kî)ConjunctionStrong's 3588: A relative conjunctionof their wickednessמוֹרִישָׁ֣ם (mō·w·rî·šām)Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluralStrong's 7564: Wickednessthat the LORDיְהוָ֤ה (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israelyour Godאֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā)Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlativewill drive outבְּרִשְׁעַ֣ת ׀ (bə·riš·‘aṯ)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 3423: To occupy, to seize, to rob, to inherit, to expel, to impoverish, to ruintheseהָאֵ֗לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh)Article | Pronoun - common pluralStrong's 428: These, thosenationsהַגּוֹיִ֣ם (hag·gō·w·yim)Article | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locustsbefore you,מִפָּנֶ֔יךָ (mip·pā·ne·ḵā)Preposition-m | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 6440: The facetoוּלְמַ֜עַן (ū·lə·ma·‘an)Conjunctive waw | ConjunctionStrong's 4616: Purpose -- intentkeepהָקִ֣ים (hā·qîm)Verb - Hifil - Infinitive constructStrong's 6965: To arise, stand up, standthe promiseהַדָּבָ֗ר (had·dā·ḇār)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a causeHeיְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israelsworeנִשְׁבַּ֤ע (niš·ba‘)Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 7650: To seven oneself, swearto your fathers,לַאֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ (la·’ă·ḇō·ṯe·ḵā)Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singularStrong's 1: Fatherto Abraham,לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם (lə·’aḇ·rā·hām)Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 85: Abraham -- 'exalted father', the father of the Jewish nationIsaac,לְיִצְחָ֖ק (lə·yiṣ·ḥāq)Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3327: Isaac -- 'he laughs', son of Abraham and Sarahand Jacob.וּֽלְיַעֲקֹֽב׃ (ū·lə·ya·‘ă·qōḇ)Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his descJump to PreviousAbraham Drive Establish Heart Isaac Jacob Nations Perform Possess Righteousness Sware Swore Uprightness Wickedness Word
