Deuteronomy 9:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“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.”
Deuteronomy 9:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Deuteronomy 9:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Deuteronomy 9:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Know therefore that Yahweh your God doesn’t give you this good land to possess for your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people.”
Deuteronomy 9:6 — World English Bible
Deuteronomy 9:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Know therefore, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people. ”
Deuteronomy 9:6 — American Standard Version
Deuteronomy 9:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“and thou hast known, that not for thy righteousness is Jehovah thy God giving to thee this good land to possess it, for a people stiff of neck thou <FI>art<Fi> .”
Deuteronomy 9:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 9:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Know therefore that Jehovah thyGod doth not give thee this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiff-necked people.”
Deuteronomy 9:6 — Darby Translation
Deuteronomy 9:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Vnderstand therefore, that ye Lord thy God giueth thee not this good land to possesse it for thy righteousnes: for thou art a stifnecked people.”
Deuteronomy 9:6 — Geneva Bible
Deuteronomy 9:6 in Context — Deuteronomy 9
4 Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the Lord thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the Lord doth drive them out from before thee.
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.
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.
7 Remember, and forget not, how thou provokedst the Lord thy God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that thou didst depart out of the land of Egypt, until ye came unto this place, ye have been rebellious against the Lord.
8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the Lord to wrath, so that the Lord was angry with you to have destroyed you.
What Does Deuteronomy 9:6 Mean?
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