Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 9:4
4When the LORD your God has driven them out before you, do not say in your heart, “Because of my righteousness the LORD has brought me in to possess this land.” Rather, the LORD is driving out these nations before you because of their wickedness.
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| When the LORD | יְהוָה֩ | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| your God | אֱלֹהֶ֨יךָ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H430 God |
| has driven them out | בַּהֲדֹ֣ף | ba·hă·ḏōp̄ | Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H1920 thrust |
| before you | מִלְּפָנֶיךָ֮ | mil·lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā | Preposition-m, Preposition-l; Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular | H6440 face, before |
| do not | אַל־ | ’al- | Adverb | H408 prohibition, do not . . ., let not . . . |
| say | תֹּאמַ֣ר | tō·mar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| in your heart | בִּלְבָבְךָ֗ | bil·ḇā·ḇə·ḵā | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3824 inner man, mind, will, heart |
| Because of my righteousness | בְּצִדְקָתִי֙ | bə·ṣiḏ·qā·ṯî | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular | H6666 righteousness |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֔ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| has brought me in | הֱבִיאַ֣נִי | hĕ·ḇî·’a·nî | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular | H935 come in, come, go in, go |
| to possess | לָרֶ֖שֶׁת | lā·re·šeṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H3423 take possession of, inherit, dispossess |
| this | הַזֹּ֑את | haz·zōṯ | Article; Pronoun - feminine singular | H2063 this |
| land | הָאָ֣רֶץ | hā·’ā·reṣ | Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| Rather | יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| is driving out | וּבְרִשְׁעַת֙ | ū·ḇə·riš·‘aṯ | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct | H7564 wickedness |
| these | הָאֵ֔לֶּה | hā·’êl·leh | Article; Pronoun - common plural | H428 these |
| nations | הַגּוֹיִ֣ם | hag·gō·w·yim | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H1471 nation, people |
| before you | מִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃ | mip·pā·ne·ḵā | Preposition-m; Noun - common plural construct; second person masculine singular | H6440 face, before |
| because of their wickedness | מוֹרִישָׁ֥ם | mō·w·rî·šām | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural | H3423 take possession of, inherit, dispossess |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Deuteronomy 8:17 · Deuteronomy 18:9–14 · Deuteronomy 9:5 · 2 Timothy 1:9 · 1 Corinthians 4:7 · Leviticus 18:24–30 · Deuteronomy 7:7–8 · Romans 11:6 · Deuteronomy 12:31 · Genesis 15:16 · Titus 3:3–5
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.