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Deuteronomy 9:4-6 GNB ..."After the LORD  (  יהוה  )  your God has driven them out for you, do not say to yourselves that he brought you in to possess this land because you deserved it. No, the LORD  (  יהוה  )  is going to drive these people out for you because they are wicked. (5) It is not because you are good and do what is right that the LORD  (  יהוה  )  is letting you take their land. He will drive them out because they are wicked and because he intends to keep the promise that he made to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (Gen 22:17-18 of 15-18) (6) You can be sure that the LORD  (  יהוה  )  is not giving you this fertile land because you deserve it. No, you are a stubborn people.

Deuteronomy 9:4-6 LITV ...Do not say in your heart, when Jehovah  ( יהוה )  your God thrusts them out from before you, saying, Jehovah  ( יהוה )  has brought me in to possess this land for my righteousness. But say, Jehovah  ( יהוה )  dispossesses them from before you because of the wickedness of those nations. (5) It is not for your righteousness or for the uprightness of your heart that you go to possess their land. But Jehovah  ( יהוה )  your God is dispossessing them from before you because of the wickedness of these nations; and in order to establish the Word which Jehovah  ( יהוה )  has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. (Gen 22:17-18 of 15-18) (6) And you shall know that Jehovah  ( יהוה )  your God is not giving you this good land, to possess it, for your righteousness; for you are a stiffnecked people.

Deuteronomy 9:4-6 ESV ..."Do not say in your heart, after the LORD  (  יהוה  )  your God has thrust them out before you, 'It is because of my righteousness that the LORD  (  יהוה  )  has brought me in to possess this land,' whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD  (  יהוה  )  is driving them out before you. (5) Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations the LORD  (  יהוה  )  your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word that the LORD  (  יהוה  )  swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. (Gen 22:17-18 of 15-18) (6) "Know, therefore, that the LORD  (  יהוה  )  your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.

Deuteronomy 9:4-6 MKJV ...Do not speak in your heart, after Jehovah  ( יהוה )  your God has cast them out from before you, saying: For my righteousness, Jehovah  ( יהוה )  has brought me in to possess this land. But for the wickedness of these nations, Jehovah  ( יהוה )  your God drives them out from before you. (5) Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go to possess their land. But for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah  ( יהוה )  your God drives them out from before you, so that He may perform the Word which Jehovah  ( יהוה )  swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. (Gen 22:17-18 of 15-18) (6) Therefore, understand that Jehovah  ( יהוה )  your God does not give you this good land, to possess it, for your righteousness. For you are a stiff-necked people.

Deuteronomy 9:4-6 Darby ...Thou shalt not say in thy heart, when Jehovah  ( יהוה )  thy God thrusteth them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness Jehovah  ( יהוה )  hath brought me in to possess this land; but for the wickedness of these nations doth Jehovah  ( יהוה )  dispossess them from before thee. (5) Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou enter in to possess their land, but for the wickedness of these nations doth Jehovah  ( יהוה )  thy God dispossess them from before thee, and that he may perform the word which Jehovah  ( יהוה )  swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. (Gen 22:17-18 of 15-18) (6) Know therefore that Jehovah  ( יהוה )  thy God doth not give thee this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiff-necked people.

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The Translations we quote are:

ALT - Analytical Literal Translation

ASV - American Standard Version (by the American revision committee in 1897).

Darby - 1889 Darby Bible

DRB - 1899 Douay-Rheims Bible

BBE - 1965 Bible in Basic English

LITV - Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

KJV - King James Version

MKJV - Modern King James Version

NWT - New World Translation

Webster - 1833 Webster Bible

RV - Revised Version

YLT - Young's Literal Translation