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It is not because of your righteousness or uprightness of heart that you are going in to possess their land, but it is because of their wickedness that the LORD your God is driving out these nations before you, to keep the promise He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
World English Bible (WEB)
Not for thy righteousness{H6666}, or for the uprightness{H3476} of thine heart{H3824}, dost thou go{H935}{(H8802)} to possess{H3423}{(H8800)} their land{H776}: but for the wickedness{H7564} of these nations{H1471} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} doth drive them out{H3423}{(H8688)} from before{H6440} thee, and that he may perform{H6965}{(H8687)} the word{H1697} which the LORD{H3068} sware{H7650}{(H8738)} unto thy fathers{H1}, Abraham{H85}, Isaac{H3327}, and Jacob{H3290}.
Strong's King James
not for thy righteousness, and for the uprightness of thy heart, art thou going in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations is Jehovah thy God dispossessing them from before thee; and in order to establish the word which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob;
Young's Literal Translation
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