Verse List for DEU 9:5

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OET (OET-RV) Again, it’s not because of your obedience or goodness that you’re going in to occupy their land, but it’s because of the wickedness of those peoples that your god Yahweh will drive them out in front of you, and so that he can fulfill what he promised to your ancestors Abraham, Yitshak, and Yakov.

OET-LV Not in_righteousness _of_your and_in_the _uprightness _of your _heart _of_your you are_about _to _go to_take _possession _of DOM land _of_their if/because in_the _wickedness _of the_nations the_these YHWH god _of_your is_dispossessing _of_them from_before _of_you and_so _as to _carry _out DOM the_message which he _swore YHWH to_ancestors _of_your to_ʼAⱱrāhām to_Yiʦḩāq/(Isaac) and_to_Yaˊₐqoⱱ/(Jacob).

ULT Not in your righteousness or in the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but in the wickedness of these nations, Yahweh your God is driving them out from your face, and so that Yahweh may establish the word that he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

UST Again, it is not because you are righteous or do things that are righteous that you will inhabit that land. It is because those people groups are very wicked that Yahweh our God will expel them as you advance. It is also because he intends to do what he solemnly promised to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would do.

BSB & MSB 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.

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEBBE & WMBB 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 the LORD your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

NET It is not because of your righteousness, or even your inner uprightness, that you have come here to possess their land. Instead, because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord your God is driving them out ahead of you in order to confirm the promise he made on oath to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

LSV [It is] not in your righteousness and in the uprightness of your heart [that] you are going in to possess their land, but in YHWH dispossessing these nations from your presence, [it is because of] their being wicked, and in order to establish the word which YHWH has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob;

FBV It's not because you're so good or moral that you're going to take over their land. No, it's because of their wickedness that the Lord your God is driving out these nations ahead of you, to keep the promise he made to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

T4T I say again that it is not because you are righteous or because you do things that are righteous that you will enter and capture that land. It is because those people-groups are very wicked that Yahweh our God will expel them as you advance, and because he intends to do what he vowed to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would do.

LEB It is not because of your righteousness and because of the uprightness of your heart that you are coming to take possession of their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God is driving them _⌊before you_⌋,[fn] and in order to confirm the _⌊promise_⌋[fn] that Yahweh swore to your ancestors,[fn] to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

BBE 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.

Moff No Moff DEU book available

JPS 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 the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that He may establish the word which the LORD swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

ASV 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.

DRA For it is not for thy justices, and the uprightness of thy heart that thou shalt go in to possess their lands: but because they have done wickedly, they are destroyed at thy coming in: and that the Lord might accomplish his word, which he promised by oath to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

YLT 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;

Drby 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 [fn]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.

RV Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go in 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 establish the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
(Not for thy/your righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine/your heart, dost/do thou/you go in to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy/your God doeth/does drive them out from before thee/you, and that he may establish the word which the LORD sware unto thy/your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.)

SLT Not for thy justice and for the straightness of thy heart thou goest in to possess this land, but for the injustice of these nations Jehovah thy God dispossesses them from before thee, and order to lift up the word which he sware to thy fathers, to Abraham and to Isaak and to Jacob.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.
(Not for thy/your righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine/your heart, dost/do thou/you go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy/your God doeth/does drive them out from before thee/you, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy/your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.)

KJB-1611 Not for thy righteousnesse, or for the vprightnesse of thine heart, doest thou goe to possesse their land: But for the wickednesse of these nations the LORD thy God doeth driue them out from before thee, and that he may performe the word which the LORD sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Iacob.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from capitalisation and punctuation)

Bshps It is not for thy righteousnesse sake, or for thy right heart, that thou goest to possesse their lande: But for the wickednesse of these nations, the Lord thy God doth cast them out before thee, eue to perfourme the worde whiche the Lord thy God sware vnto thy fathers. Abraham, Isahac, and Iacob.
(It is not for thy/your righteousness sake, or for thy/your right heart, that thou/you goest/go to possess their land: But for the wickedness of these nations, the Lord thy/your God doeth/does cast them out before thee/you, eve/even to perform the word which the Lord thy/your God sware unto thy/your fathers. Abraham, Isaac, and Yacob.)

Gnva For thou entrest not to inherite their lande for thy righteousnesse, or for thy vpright heart: but for the wickednesse of those nations, the Lord thy God doth cast them out before thee, and that he might performe the worde which the Lord thy God sware vnto thy fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Iacob.
(For thou/you entrest not to inherit their land for thy/your righteousness, or for thy/your upright heart: but for the wickedness of those nations, the Lord thy/your God doeth/does cast them out before thee/you, and that he might perform the word which the Lord thy/your God sware unto thy/your fathers, Abraham, Izhak, and Yacob.)

Cvdl For thou commest not in to take their londe in possession, for thine awne righteousnes sake, and because of thy right hert: but the LORDE dryueth out these Heythen, for their awne vngodlynesse sake, and that he maye perfourme the worde, which the LORDE hath sworne vnto yi fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob.
(For thou/you comest/come not in to take their land in possession, for thine/your own righteousness sake, and because of thy/your right heart: but the LORD driveth out these Heathen, for their own ungodliness sake, and that he may perform the word, which the LORD hath/has sworn/promised unto ye/you_all fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Yacob.)

Wycl For not for thi riytfulnessis, and equyte of thin herte thou schalt entre that thou welde the lond `of hem; but for thei diden wickidli, thei weren doon awey, whanne thou entridist, and that the Lord schulde fille his word which he bihiyte vndur an ooth to thi fadris, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
(For not for thy/your rightfulnesses/righteousnesses, and equity of thin heart thou/you shalt/shall enter that thou/you weld the land of hem; but for they did wickedly, they were done away, when thou/you enteredist, and that the Lord should fill his word which he promised under an oath to thy/your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Yacob.)

Luth Denn du kommst nicht herein, ihr Land einzunehmen, um deiner Gerechtigkeit und deines aufrichtigen Herzens willen, sondern der HErr, dein GOtt, vertreibt diese Heiden um ihres gottlosen Wesens willen, daß er das Wort halte, das der HErr geschworen hat deinen Vätern, Abraham, Isaak und Jakob.
(Because you(sg) comest not herein, you(pl)/their/her country to_take, around/by/for your(s) justice and your(s) sincerelyen heart will(v), rather the/of_the LORD, your(s) God, vertreibt this/these heathens around/by/for theirs/hers godless essence will(v), that he the word hold/stop, the the/of_the LORD sworn has your(s) fathers, Abraham, Isaak and Yakob.)

ClVg Neque enim propter justitias tuas, et æquitatem cordis tui ingredieris, ut possideas terras earum: sed quia illæ egerunt impie, introëunte te deletæ sunt: et ut compleret verbum suum Dominus, quod sub juramento pollicitus est patribus tuis, Abraham, Isaac, et Jacob.[fn]
(Neither because because justices yours, and equity of_the_heart yours(sg) you_will_enter, as get_itas lands of_them: but because those they_did impiously, introëunte you(sg) deletæ are: and as compleret the_word/saying his_own Master, that under by_oath promised it_is to_the_fathers yours, Abraham, Isaac, and Yacob.)

UHB לֹ֣א בְ⁠צִדְקָתְ⁠ךָ֗ וּ⁠בְ⁠יֹ֨שֶׁר֙ לְבָ֣בְ⁠ךָ֔ אַתָּ֥ה בָ֖א לָ⁠רֶ֣שֶׁת אֶת־אַרְצָ֑⁠ם כִּ֞י בְּ⁠רִשְׁעַ֣ת ׀ הַ⁠גּוֹיִ֣ם הָ⁠אֵ֗לֶּה יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֨י⁠ךָ֙ מוֹרִישָׁ֣⁠ם מִ⁠פָּנֶ֔י⁠ךָ וּ⁠לְמַ֜עַן הָקִ֣ים אֶת־הַ⁠דָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֨ר נִשְׁבַּ֤ע יְהוָה֙ לַ⁠אֲבֹתֶ֔י⁠ךָ לְ⁠אַבְרָהָ֥ם לְ⁠יִצְחָ֖ק וּֽ⁠לְ⁠יַעֲקֹֽב׃ ‡

BrLXX Οὐχὶ διὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην σου, οὐδὲ διὰ τὴν ὁσιότητα τῆς καρδίας σου σὺ εἰσπορεύῃ κληρονομῆσαι τὴν γῆν αὐτῶν, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὴν ἀσέβειαν τῶν ἐθνῶν τούτων Κύριος ἐξολοθρεύσει αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου σου, καὶ ἵνα στήσῃ τὴν διαθήκην, ἥ ὤμοσε Κύριος τοῖς πατράσιν ἡμῶν τῷ Ἁβραὰμ καὶ τῷ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ τῷ Ἰακώβ.

BrTr Not for thy righteousness, nor for the holiness of thy heart, dost thou go in to inherit their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord will destroy them from before thee, and that he may establish the covenant, which the Lord sware to our fathers, to Abraam, and to Isaac, and to Jacob.