Deuteronomy 9:5
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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.It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
In other translations
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.It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Hebrew words
לֹאlo'notH3808בְצִדְקָתְךָvetzidkatechain righteousness yourH6666וּבְיֹשֶׁרuveyosherand in [the] uprightness ofH3476לְבָבְךָlevavekhaheart yourH3824אַתָּה'atahyouH859בָאva'[are] about to goH935לָרֶשֶׁתlareshetto take possession ofH3423אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אַרְצָם'artzamland theirH776כִּיkiforH3588בְּרִשְׁעַת׀berish'atin [the] wickedness ofH7564הַגּוֹיִםhagoyimthe nationsH1471הָאֵלֶּהha'eleh<the> theseH428יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֶיךָ'eloheikhaGod yourH430מוֹרִישָׁםmorisham[is] dispossessing themH3423מִפָּנֶיךָmipaneikhafrom before youH6440וּלְמַעַןulema'anand so asH4616הָקִיםhakimto carry outH6965אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853הַדָּבָרhadavarthe wordH1697אֲשֶׁר'asherwhichH834נִשְׁבַּעnishba'he sworeH7650יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068לַאֲבֹתֶיךָla'avoteikhato ancestors yourH1לְאַבְרָהָםle'avrahamto AbrahamH85לְיִצְחָקleyitzchakto IsaacH3327וּלְיַעֲקֹב׃uleya'akoand to JacobH3290
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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