Verse 4

Do not say in your heart, after the LORD your God has cast them out from before you, saying, Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land: but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD drives them out from before you.

Other Translations

  • GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

    Når Herren din Gud driver dem bort foran deg, må du ikke si i ditt hjerte: 'Det er på grunn av min rettferdighet at Herren har ført meg hit for å eie dette landet.' Nei, det er på grunn av de onde gjerningene fra disse folkeslagene at Herren driver dem ut foran deg for å oppfylle den lovnaden han ga.

  • Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

    La det ikke bli sagt i ditt hjerte, etter at Herren din Gud har kastet dem ut foran deg, 'På grunn av min rettferdighet har Herren brakt meg inn for å eie dette landet', men på grunn av disse nasjonenes ondskap driver Herren dem ut foran deg.

  • Norsk King James

    Si ikke i ditt hjerte, etter at Herren din Gud har drevet dem ut foran deg, at det er for din rettferdighet at Herren har ført meg inn for å ta besittelse av dette landet; men på grunn av ondskapen i disse nasjonene kaster Herren dem ut foran deg.

  • Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

    Når Herren deres Gud har drevet dem bort foran dere, skal dere ikke si i deres hjerte: 'For min rettferdighets skyld har Herren latt meg innta dette landet;' men det er på grunn av disse folkenes ondskap at Herren driver dem ut.

  • Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

    Si ikke i ditt hjerte når Herren din Gud driver dem bort fra deg: 'På grunn av min rettferdighet har Herren ført meg for å innta dette landet', for det er på grunn av disse nasjonenes ugudelighet at Herren driver dem ut fra din nærhet.

  • Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

    Si ikke i ditt hjerte, når Herren din Gud har drevet dem ut foran deg, at det er for min rettferdighets skyld Herren har latt meg ta dette landet i eie. Men det er for disse nasjonenes ondskaps skyld Herren driver dem ut foran deg.

  • o3-mini KJV Norsk

    La ikke ditt hjerte tro at, etter at HERREN din Gud har drevet dem ut foran deg, du har fått dette landet for din rettferdighet. Ikke tenk: 'For min rettferdighet har HERREN gitt meg dette landet,' for det er på grunn av disse nasjonenes ondskap at HERREN drar dem bort fra din vei.

  • En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

    Si ikke i ditt hjerte, når Herren din Gud har drevet dem ut foran deg, at det er for min rettferdighets skyld Herren har latt meg ta dette landet i eie. Men det er for disse nasjonenes ondskaps skyld Herren driver dem ut foran deg.

  • Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

    Når Herren din Gud driver dem ut foran deg, ikke si i ditt hjerte: 'På grunn av min rettferdighet har Herren brakt meg inn for å innta dette landet;' nei, det er på grunn av disse folkenes ondskap Herren driver dem ut foran deg.

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Do not say in your heart, when the LORD your God drives them out before you, 'It is because of my righteousness that the LORD has brought me in to take possession of this land,' but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is dispossessing them before you.

  • biblecontext

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  • GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

    Når Herren din Gud driver dem bort foran deg, skal du ikke si i ditt hjerte: 'På grunn av min rettferdighet har Herren ført meg inn for å eie dette landet.' Nei, Herren driver dem ut på grunn av disse folkenes ondskap.

  • Original Norsk Bibel 1866

    Naar Herren din Gud har udstødt dem fra at være for dit Ansigt, da skal du ikke tale i dit Hjerte, sigende: For min Retfærdigheds Skyld haver Herren ført mig ind at eie dette Land; thi for disse Hedningers Ugudeligheds Skyld fordriver Herren dem for dit Ansigt.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    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.

  • KJV 1769 norsk

    Si ikke i ditt hjerte, når Herren din Gud har drevet dem ut foran deg, 'For min rettferdighets skyld har Herren latt meg innta dette landet,' men det er for denne nasjonens ondskap at Herren driver dem ut foran deg.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Webster

    Si ikke i ditt hjerte, etter at Herren deres Gud har drevet dem ut foran dere, og si: For min rettferdighets skyld har Herren latt meg ta dette landet; mens det er for disse nasjonenes ondskap at Herren driver dem ut foran dere.

  • Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

    Du skal ikke si i ditt hjerte (når Herren din Gud driver dem bort for deg), at det er på grunn av din rettferdighet at Herren har latt deg ta dette landet i eie, for det er på grunn av disse nasjonenes ondskap at Herren driver dem bort for deg.

  • Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

    Du skal ikke si i ditt hjerte, etter at Herren din Gud har kastet dem ut foran deg: 'For min rettferdighets skyld har Herren ført meg inn for å innta dette landet.' I virkeligheten fordriver Herren dem foran deg på grunn av de ondes ondskap.

  • Norsk oversettelse av BBE

    Og når Herren har drevet dem på flukt foran dere, si ikke i hjertet: På grunn av min rettferdighet har Herren gitt meg dette landet; for det er på grunn av deres onde gjerninger at Herren driver disse nasjonene ut foran dere.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Speake not in thyne hert, after that the Lorde thy God hath cast them out before the sayenge: for my rightuousnes the Lorde hath brought me in to the possesse this lode. Nay, but for the wekednesse of these nacions the Lord doth cast the out before the.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Now whan the LORDE thy God hath expelled them out before the, saye not thou the in thine hert: The LORDE hath brought me in to take possession of this lande for myne awne righteousnes sake, where as ye LORDE yet dryueth out the Heithen before the, because of their vngodlynes.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Speake not thou in thine heart (after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out before thee) saying, For my righteousnesse the Lorde hath brought me in, to possesse this land: but for the wickednesse of these nations the Lorde hath cast them out before thee.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Speake not thou in thyne heart, after that the Lorde thy God hath cast them out before thee, saying, for my ryghteousnesse the Lorde hath brought me in, to possesse this lande: but for the wickednesse of these nations the Lord hath cast them out before thee.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Don't speak in your heart, after that Yahweh your God has thrust them out from before you, saying, For my righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land; whereas for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh does drive them out from before you.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `Thou dost not speak in thy heart (in Jehovah thy God's driving them away from before thee), saying, For my righteousness hath Jehovah brought me in to possess this land, seeing for the wickedness of these nations is Jehovah dispossessing them from thy presence;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    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.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And after the Lord has sent them in flight from before you, say not in your heart, Because of my righteousness the Lord has given me this land; when it is because of their evil-doing that the Lord is driving these nations out before you.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Don't say in your heart, after Yahweh your God has thrust them out from before you, saying, "For my righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land;" because Yahweh drives them out before you because of the wickedness of these nations.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Do not think to yourself after the LORD your God has driven them out before you,“Because of my own righteousness the LORD has brought me here to possess this land.” It is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is driving them out ahead of you.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 8:17 : 17 And you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand has gotten me this wealth.
  • Deut 12:31 : 31 You shall not do so to the LORD your God, for every abomination to the LORD which He hates they have done to their gods; for they have even burned their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.
  • Deut 18:9-9 : 9 When you come into the land which the LORD your God gives you, you shall not learn to do after the abominations of those nations. 10 There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who uses divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 11 Or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer. 12 For all who do these things are an abomination to the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD your God drives them out from before you. 13 You shall be perfect with the LORD your God. 14 For these nations, which you shall possess, listened to observers of times, and to diviners: but as for you, the LORD your God has not allowed you to do so.
  • Ezek 36:22 : 22 Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord GOD; I do not this for your sakes, O house of Israel, but for my holy name's sake, which you have profaned among the nations, wherever you went.
  • Ezek 36:32 : 32 Not for your sakes do I this, says the Lord GOD, be it known to you: be ashamed and confounded for your own ways, O house of Israel.
  • Rom 11:6 : 6 And if by grace, then it is no longer of works; otherwise grace is no longer grace. But if it is of works, it is no longer grace; otherwise work is no longer work.
  • Rom 11:20 : 20 Well said. Because of unbelief they were broken off, and you stand by faith. Do not be haughty, but fear.
  • 1 Cor 4:4 : 4 For I know nothing against myself, yet I am not justified by this; but He who judges me is the Lord.
  • 1 Cor 4:7 : 7 For who makes you different from another? And what do you have that you did not receive? Now if you did receive it, why do you boast as if you had not received it?
  • Eph 2:4-5 : 4 But God, who is rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, 5 Even when we were dead in sins, made us alive together with Christ, (by grace you are saved;)
  • 2 Tim 1:9 : 9 Who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, which was given to us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
  • Titus 3:3-5 : 3 For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another. 4 But when the kindness and love of God our Savior toward man appeared, 5 Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
  • Deut 9:5 : 5 It is not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, that you go to possess their land: but it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God drives them out from before you, and that he may perform the word which the LORD swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
  • Gen 15:16 : 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come here again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.
  • Lev 18:24-30 : 24 Do not defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled, which I cast out before you. 25 And the land is defiled: therefore I visit the iniquity upon it, and the land itself vomits out its inhabitants. 26 You shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger who sojourns among you: 27 For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land is defiled; 28 That the land not spew you out also, when you defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you. 29 For whoever commits any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. 30 Therefore you shall keep my ordinance, that you do not commit any of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: I am the LORD your God.
  • Deut 7:7-8 : 7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all people: 8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.