Deuteronomy 9:6 — King James Version← Study notes
“Understand therefore, that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.”
Deuteronomy 9:6 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 9:618 words
וְיָדַעְתָּwəyādaʿətāAnd know
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
בְצִדְקָתְךָvəṣidəqātəḵāIn rightness
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
אֱלֹהֶיךָʾĕlōheyḵāGod
נֹתֵןnōtēnGive
לְךָləḵāTo
אֶתʾet—
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
הַטּוֹבָהhaṭwōvāhThe good
הַזֹּאתhazōʾtThe this
לְרִשְׁתָּהּlərišətāhTo occupy
כִּיkîRelative conjunction
עַםʿamPeople
קְשֵׁהqəšēhSevere
עֹרֶףʿōrep̄Nape
אָתָּהʾātāhThou
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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