Deuteronomy 9:5
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King James Version (modern wording)
Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of yours heart, do you go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may perform the word which the LORD swore unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Deuteronomy 9:5 (KJV)
American Standard Version
Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Deuteronomy 9:5 (ASV)
Berean Standard Bible
It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Deuteronomy 9:5 (BSB)
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What does Deuteronomy 9:5 say?
Deuteronomy 9:5 in modern King James wording reads: "Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of yours heart, do you go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may perform the word which the LORD swore unto your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."
Where is Deuteronomy 9:5 found in the Bible?
Deuteronomy 9:5 is verse 5 of chapter 9 of the book of Deuteronomy, in the Old Testament. Deuteronomy has 34 chapters.
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