Deuteronomy 9:4 — King James Version← Study notes
“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.”
Deuteronomy 9:4 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 9:422 words
אַלʾalNot
תֹּאמַרtōʾmarSay
בִּלְבָבְךָbiləvāvəḵāIn heart
בַּהֲדֹףbahădōp̄In push
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
אֹתָםʾōtām—
מִלְּפָנֶיךָmiləp̄āneyḵāFrom to face
לֵאמֹרlēʾmōrTo say
בְּצִדְקָתִיbəṣidəqātîIn rightness
הֱבִיאַנִיhĕvîʾanîGo
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לָרֶשֶׁתlārešetTo occupy
אֶתʾet—
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
וּבְרִשְׁעַתûvərišəʿatAnd in wrong
הַגּוֹיִםhagwōyimThe nation
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
מוֹרִישָׁםmwōrîšāmOccupy
מִפָּנֶיךָmipāneyḵāFrom face
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