Deuteronomy 9:5
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.
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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.
KJV
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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28 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| בְצִדְקָתְךָ֗ | ve.tzid.ka.te.Cha | in righteousness your | H6666 → |
| וּבְיֹ֙שֶׁר֙ | u.ve.Yo.sher | and in [the] uprightness of | H3476 → |
| לְבָ֣בְךָ֔ | le.Va.ve.kha | heart your | H3824 → |
| אַתָּ֥ה | 'a.Tah | you | H859 → |
| בָ֖א | va' | [are] about to go | H935 → |
| לָרֶ֣שֶׁת | la.Re.shet | to take possession of | H3423 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| אַרְצָ֑ם | 'ar.Tzam | land their | H776 → |
| כִּ֞י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| בְּרִשְׁעַ֣ת׀ | be.rish.'At | in [the] wickedness of | H7564 → |
| הַגּוֹיִ֣ם | ha.go.Yim | the nations | H1471 → |
| הָאֵ֗לֶּה | ha.'E.leh | <the> these | H428 → |
| יְהוָ֤ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ | 'e.lo.Hei.kha | God your | H430 → |
| מוֹרִישָׁ֣ם | mo.ri.Sham | [is] dispossessing them | H3423 → |
| מִפָּנֶ֔יךָ | mi.pa.Nei.kha | from before you | H6440 → |
| וּלְמַ֜עַן | u.le.Ma.'an | and so as | H4616 → |
| הָקִ֣ים | ha.Kim | to carry out | H6965 → |
| אֶת־ | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַדָּבָ֗ר | ha.da.Var | the word | H1697 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| נִשְׁבַּ֤ע | nish.Ba' | he swore | H7650 → |
| יְהוָה֙ | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| לַאֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ | la.'a.vo.Tei.kha | to ancestors your | H1 → |
| לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם | le.'av.ra.Ham | to Abraham | H85 → |
| לְיִצְחָ֖ק | le.yitz.Chak | to Isaac | H3327 → |
| וּֽלְיַעֲקֹֽב׃ | u.le.ya.'a.ko | and to Jacob | H3290 → |
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