Deuteronomy 9:5
New International Version
5 It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity(A) that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness(B) of these nations,(C) the Lord your God will drive them out(D) before you, to accomplish what he swore(E) to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.(F)
Deuteronomy 9:5
King James Version
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 that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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Deuteronomy 9:5
New King James Version
5 (A)It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord your God drives them out from before you, and that He may [a]fulfill the (B)word which the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
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- Deuteronomy 9:5 perform
Deuteronomy 9:6
New International Version
6 Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people.(A)
Deuteronomy 9:6
King James Version
6 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.
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Deuteronomy 9:6
New King James Version
6 Therefore understand that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a (A)stiff-necked[a] people.
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- Deuteronomy 9:6 stubborn or rebellious
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