Deuteronomy 9:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

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

Transliteration

Not in-ṣidqātĕkā and-in-yōšer lĕbābĕkā ʾattâ bāʾ lārešet ʾet-ʾarṣām for in-rišʿat the-gôyim the-ʾēlleh YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā môrîšām from-before-you and-for-the-purpose-of hāqîm ʾet-the-dābār which nišbaʿ YHWH to-ʾăbōtêkā to-ʾAbrāhām to-Yiṣḥāq and-to-Yaʿăqōb

Grammar Details

*ṣidqātĕkā*: noun, feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your righteousness
*yōšer*: noun, masculine singular - uprightness
*lĕbābĕkā*: noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your heart
*ʾattâ*: pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you
*bāʾ*: verb, qal participle masculine singular - coming/entering
*lārešet*: preposition + infinitive construct - to possess
*ʾarṣām*: noun, feminine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their land
*rišʿat*: noun, feminine singular construct - wickedness of
*gôyim*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the nations
*ʾēlleh*: demonstrative adjective, plural - these
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*ʾĕlōhêkā*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God
*môrîšām*: verb, hiphil participle masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - driving them out
*hāqîm*: hiphil infinitive construct - to establish/confirm
*dābār*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the word/promise
*nišbaʿ*: verb, niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he swore
*ʾăbōtêkā*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your fathers
*ʾAbrāhām*: proper noun - Abraham
*Yiṣḥāq*: proper noun - Isaac
*Yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob

Word Meanings

*ṣidqātĕkā*: your righteousness/your justice/your right conduct
*yōšer*: uprightness/straightness/honesty
*lĕbābĕkā*: your heart/your mind/your inner self
*bāʾ*: coming/entering/going
*lārešet*: to possess/to inherit/to take possession of
*rišʿat*: wickedness of/evil of/sinfulness of
*môrîšām*: dispossessing them/driving them out/expelling them
*hāqîm*: establish/confirm/fulfill/raise up
*dābār*: word/matter/thing/promise

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Referenced Verses

Titus 3:5 : 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost;
Gen 12:7 : 7 And the LORD appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the LORD, who appeared unto him.
Gen 13:15 : 15 For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Gen 15:7 : 7 And he said unto him, I am the LORD that brought thee out of Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee this land to inherit it.
Gen 17:8 : 8 And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Gen 26:4 : 4 And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed;
Gen 28:13 : 13 And, behold, the LORD stood above it, and said, I am the LORD God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed;
Exod 32:13 : 13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.
Ezek 20:14 : 14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
Mic 7:20 : 20 Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.
Luke 1:54-55 : 54 He hath holpen his servant Israel, in remembrance of his mercy; 55 As he spake to our fathers, to Abraham, and to his seed for ever.
Acts 3:25 : 25 Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
Acts 13:32-33 : 32 And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers, 33 God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children, in that he hath raised up Jesus again; as it is also written in the second psalm, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.
Rom 11:28 : 28 As concerning the gospel, they are enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sakes.
Rom 15:8 : 8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:

Similar Verses (AI)

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Deut 9:3-4
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3Understand therefore this day, that the LORD thy God is he which goeth over before thee; as a consuming fire he shall destroy them, and he shall bring them down before thy face: so shalt thou drive them out, and destroy them quickly, as the LORD hath said unto thee.
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