• Deuteronomy 9:5
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures

    • 5 It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you are going in to take possession of their land. Instead, it is because of the wickedness of these nations that Jehovah your God is driving them away from before you+ and in order to carry out the word that Jehovah swore to your forefathers, Abraham,+ Isaac,+ and Jacob.+

  • Deuteronomy 9:5
    The Bible in Living English

    • 5 It is not for your saintliness and right-mindedness that you are going in to take possession of their country, but because of the wickedness of these nations your God Jehovah is dispossessing them before you, and in order to make good the word that Jehovah swore to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob;

  • Deuteronomy 9:5
    American Standard Version

    • 5 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
    The Emphasized Bible

    • 5 Not for thine own righteousness, nor for the uprightness of thine own heart, art thou going in to possess their land,—but for the lawlessness of these nations is Yahweh thy God driving them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh sware unto thy fathers, unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob.

  • 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.