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Deuteronomy 9:4

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

ne dicas in corde tuo, cum deleverit eos Dominus Deus tuus in conspectu tuo : Propter justitiam meam introduxit me Dominus ut terram hanc possiderem, cum propter impietates suas istæ deletæ sint nationes.

Vulgate

μὴ εἴπῃς ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου, ἐν τῷ ἐξαναλῶσαι Κύριον τὸν θεόν σου τὰ ἔθνη ταῦτα ἀπὸ προσώπου, λέγων Διὰ τὴν δικαιοσύνην μου εἰσήγαγέν με Κύριος κληρονομῆσαι τὴν γῆν τὴν ἀγαθὴν ταύτην.

LXX

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.

ASV

אַל תֹּאמַ֣ר בִּ/לְבָבְ/ךָ֗ בַּ/הֲדֹ֣ף יְהוָה֩ אֱלֹהֶ֨י/ךָ אֹתָ֥/ם מִ/לְּ/פָנֶי/ךָ֮ לֵ/אמֹר֒ בְּ/צִדְקָתִ/י֙ הֱבִיאַ֣/נִי יְהוָ֔ה לָ/רֶ֖שֶׁת אֶת הָ/אָ֣רֶץ הַ/זֹּ֑את וּ/בְ/רִשְׁעַת֙ הַ/גּוֹיִ֣ם הָ/אֵ֔לֶּה יְהוָ֖ה מוֹרִישָׁ֥/ם מִ/פָּנֶֽי/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֵ֖לֶּה
'lh
pronoun · 744×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
הּ
h
verb · 232×
וֹ
v
verb · 11×
וֹ
v
noun · 251×
זֹּ֔את
z't
pronoun · 604×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
צְדָקָ֖ה
tsdqh
noun · 157×
רִשְׁעָ֔ה
rsh'h
noun · 14×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 4:7 — For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it?
  • 2Tim 1:9 — Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
  • Deut 7:1 — When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanit
  • Deut 7:7 — The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
  • Deut 7:8 — But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen,
  • Deut 8:17 — And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
  • Deut 8:17 — And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth.
  • Deut 9:5 — 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
  • Deut 12:31 — Thou shalt not do so unto the LORD thy God: for every abomination to the LORD, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to t
  • Deut 18:9 — When thou art come into the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not learn to do after the abominations of those nations.
  • Deut 18:12 — For all that do these things are an abomination unto the LORD: and because of these abominations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee.
  • Ezek 16:6 — And when I passed by thee, and saw thee polluted in thine own blood, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live; yea, I said unto thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live.
  • Gen 15:16 — But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
  • Lev 18:24 — Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
  • Matt 24:48 — But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
  • Rom 11:6 — And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
  • Rom 11:6 — And if by grace, then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work.
  • Titus 3:3 — For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.