Deuteronomy 9:5

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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WEBBE

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.

BSB

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.

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.

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.

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.

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לֹא lo' not H3808 בְצִדְקָתְךָ ve·tzid·ka·te·cha in righteousness your H6666 וּבְיֹשֶׁר u·ve·yo·sher and in [the] uprightness of H3476 לְבָבְךָ le·va·ve·kha heart your H3824 אַתָּה 'a·tah you H859 בָא va' [are] about to go H935 לָרֶשֶׁת la·re·shet to take possession of H3423 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 אַרְצָם 'ar·tzam land their H776 כִּי ki for H3588 בְּרִשְׁעַת be·rish·'at in [the] wickedness of H7564 הַגּוֹיִם ha·go·yim the nations H1471 הָאֵלֶּה ha·'e·leh (the) these H428 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 אֱלֹהֶיךָ 'e·lo·hei·kha God your H430 מוֹרִישָׁם mo·ri·sham [is] dispossessing them H3423 מִפָּנֶיךָ mi·pa·nei·kha from before you H6440 וּלְמַעַן u·le·ma·'an and so as H4616 הָקִים ha·kim to carry out H6965 אֶת־ 'et- (marks the object) H853 הַדָּבָר ha·da·var the word H1697 אֲשֶׁר 'a·sher which H834 נִשְׁבַּע nish·ba' he swore H7650 יְהוָה yah·weh Yahweh H3068 לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ la·'a·vo·tei·kha to ancestors your H1 לְאַבְרָהָם le·'av·ra·ham to Abraham H85 לְיִצְחָק le·yitz·chak to Isaac H3327 וּלְיַעֲקֹב u·le·ya·'a·ko and to Jacob H3290

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 1–6

Moses represents the strength of the enemies they were now to encounter. This was to drive them to God, and engage their hope in him. He assures them of victory, by the presence of God with them. He cautions them not to have the least thought of their own righteousness, as if that procured this favour at God's hand. In Christ we have both righteousness and strength; in Him we must glory, not in ourselves, nor in any sufficiency of our own. It is for the wickedness of these nations that God drives them out. All whom God rejects, are rejected for their own wickedness; but none whom he accepts are accepted for their own righteousness. Thus boasting is for ever done away: see Ep 2:9, 11, 12.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.