Deuteronomy 9:4 - Y'all Version Bible4 After YHWH your God has driven them out from before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness YHWH has brought me in to possess this land.” No, YHWH drives them out before you because of the wickedness of these nations. Féach an chaibidilTuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 17694 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee. Féach an chaibidilAmplified Bible - Classic Edition4 Do not say in your [mind and] heart, after the Lord your God has thrust them out from before you, It is because of my righteousness that the Lord has brought me in to possess this land–whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is dispossessing them before you. Féach an chaibidilAmerican Standard Version (1901)4 Speak not thou in thy heart, after that Jehovah thy God hath thrust them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness Jehovah hath brought me in to possess this land; whereas for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah doth drive them out from before thee. Féach an chaibidilCommon English Bible4 Once the LORD your God has driven them out before you, don’t think to yourself, It’s because I’m righteous that the LORD brought me in to possess this land. It is instead because of these nations’ wickedness that the LORD is removing them before you. Féach an chaibidilCatholic Public Domain Version4 You should not say in your heart, when the Lord your God will have destroyed them in your sight: 'It is because of my justice that the Lord led me in, so that I might possess this land, while these nations have been destroyed because of their impiety.' Féach an chaibidil |
Not because of your righteousness or because of the uprightness of your heart will you go in to possess their land. Instead it is because of the wickedness of these nations that YHWH your God drive them out from before you, and so that ʜᴇ might establish the word which YHWH swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.