Sign in
Deuteronomy 9:5 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Deuteronomy 9:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Deuteronomy 9:528 words
לֹאlōʾNot
בְצִדְקָתְךָvəṣidəqātəḵāIn rightness
וּבְיֹשֶׁרûvəyōšerAnd in right
לְבָבְךָləvāvəḵāHeart
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
בָאvāʾGo
לָרֶשֶׁתlārešetTo occupy
אֶתʾet
אַרְצָםʾarəṣāmEarth
כִּיRelative conjunction
בְּרִשְׁעַתbərišəʿatIn wrong
הַגּוֹיִםhagwōyimThe nation
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
מוֹרִישָׁםmwōrîšāmOccupy
מִפָּנֶיךָmipāneyḵāFrom face
וּלְמַעַןûləmaʿanAnd heed
הָקִיםhāqîmRise
אֶתʾet
הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לַאֲבֹתֶיךָlaʾăvōteyḵāTo father
לְאַבְרָהָםləʾavərāhāmTo Abraham
לְיִצְחָקləyiṣəḥāqTo Isaac
וּלְיַעֲקֹבûləyaʿăqōvAnd to Jacob
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

לֹאlōʾNot
בְצִדְקָתְךָvəṣidəqātəḵāIn rightness
וּבְיֹשֶׁרûvəyōšerAnd in right
לְבָבְךָləvāvəḵāHeart
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
בָאvāʾGo
לָרֶשֶׁתlārešetTo occupy
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
אַרְצָםʾarəṣāmEarth
כִּיRelative conjunction
בְּרִשְׁעַתbərišəʿatIn wrong
הַגּוֹיִםhagwōyimThe nation
הָאֵלֶּהhāʾēlehThe these
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
מוֹרִישָׁםmwōrîšāmOccupy
מִפָּנֶיךָmipāneyḵāFrom face
וּלְמַעַןûləmaʿanAnd heed
הָקִיםhāqîmRise
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נִשְׁבַּעnišəbaʿSeven
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לַאֲבֹתֶיךָlaʾăvōteyḵāTo father
לְאַבְרָהָםləʾavərāhāmTo Abraham
לְיִצְחָקləyiṣəḥāqTo Isaac
וּלְיַעֲקֹבûləyaʿăqōvAnd to Jacob

Explore community notes on Deuteronomy 9:5

Study summaries, cross-references, and discussion

Open verse →