Deuteronomy 9:6

Deuteronomy 9:6 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Know, therefore, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore understand that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people.
• New Living Translation (NLT)You must recognize that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land because you are good, for you are not—you are a stubborn people.

Context of Deuteronomy 9:6

4After the Lord your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself, “The Lord has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.” No, it is on account of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is going to drive them out before you. 5It is not because of your righteousness or your integrity that you are going in to take possession of their land; but on account of the wickedness of these nations, the Lord your God will drive them out before you, to accomplish what he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Understand, then, that it is not because of your righteousness that the Lord your God is giving you this good land to possess, for you are a stiff-necked people. 7Remember this and never forget how you aroused the anger of the Lord your God in the wilderness. From the day you left Egypt until you arrived here, you have been rebellious against the Lord. 8At Horeb you aroused the Lord’s wrath so that he was angry enough to destroy you.

Deuteronomy 9:6 word by word

וְיָדַעְתָּ֗ כִּ֠י לֹ֤א בְצִדְקָֽתְךָ֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱ֠לֹהֶיךָ נֹתֵ֨ן לְךָ֜ אֶת־הָאָ֧רֶץ הַטּוֹבָ֛ה הַזֹּ֖את לְרִשְׁתָּ֑הּ כִּ֥י עַם־קְשֵׁה־עֹ֖רֶף אָֽתָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Understandיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• therefore, that the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• givethנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• thee not this goodטוֹבţôb · pleasantH2896
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• to possessיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423
• it for thy righteousnessצְדָקָהtsedâqâh · righteousnessH6666
• a stiffneckedקָשֶׁהqâsheh · severeH7186
• a stiffneckedעֹ֫רֶף‛ôreph · neckH6203
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 9:6

• Deuteronomy 9:3But be assured today that the Lord your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly, as the Lord has promised you.
• Ezekiel 20:44You will know that I am the Lord, when I deal with you for my name’s sake and not according to your evil ways and your corrupt practices, you people of Israel, declares the Sovereign Lord.’ ”
• Deuteronomy 9:13And the Lord said to me, “I have seen this people, and they are a stiff-necked people indeed!
• Deuteronomy 10:16Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and do not be stiff-necked any longer.
• Deuteronomy 31:27For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you have been rebellious against the Lord while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after I die!
• Exodus 32:9“I have seen these people,” the Lord said to Moses, “and they are a stiff-necked people.
• Exodus 33:3Go up to the land flowing with milk and honey. But I will not go with you, because you are a stiff-necked people and I might destroy you on the way.”
• Exodus 34:9“Lord,” he said, “if I have found favor in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wickedness and our sin, and take us as your inheritance.”
• 2 Chronicles 30:8Do not be stiff-necked, as your ancestors were; submit to the Lord. Come to his sanctuary, which he has consecrated forever. Serve the Lord your God, so that his fierce anger will turn away from you.
• 2 Chronicles 36:13He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take an oath in God’s name. He became stiff-necked and hardened his heart and would not turn to the Lord, the God of Israel.
• Psalms 78:8They would not be like their ancestors— a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose hearts were not loyal to God, whose spirits were not faithful to him.
• Isaiah 48:3I foretold the former things long ago, my mouth announced them and I made them known; then suddenly I acted, and they came to pass.
• Ezekiel 2:4The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn. Say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says.’
• Zechariah 7:11“But they refused to pay attention; stubbornly they turned their backs and covered their ears.
• Acts 7:51“You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit!
• Romans 5:20The law was brought in so that the trespass might increase. But where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 9:6

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6stiff-necked: This describes a work animal that refuses to bend its neck to accept a yoke (a wooden bar placed on animals to guide and control them; Exodus 32:9; 33:3, 5; Isaiah 48:4). The word describes someone who refuses to obey or change direction. Sadly, Israel was not stubborn only at certain times. Stubbornness became the nation’s usual attitude and way of acting.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-64-6. Speak not thou in thine heart, ... saying, For my righteousness the Lord hath brought me in to possess this land--Moses takes special care to guard his countrymen against the vanity of supposing that their own merits had procured them the distinguished privilege. The Canaanites were a hopelessly corrupt race, and deserved extermination; but history relates many remarkable instances in which God punished corrupt and guilty nations by the…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 9:6

• Grace of God
• Humility
• Self-Righteousness
• Self-Will

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Carefully
• Rebellious
• Calf, Golden
• Stiff-Necked

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings