Deuteronomy 9:6

Grace Pride Justification Identity and self-worth

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.

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.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
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.
WEB: Know therefore that the LORD your God doesn’t give you this good land to possess for your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people.
ASV: Know therefore, that Jehovah thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiffnecked people.
DARBY: Know therefore that Jehovah thy God doth not give thee this good land to possess it for thy righteousness; for thou art a stiff-necked people.
BLB: And you shall know that not in your righteousness is YHWH your God giving you this good land to possess it; for you [are] a people stiff of neck.

ÅB: Så skal du da vite at det ikke er for din rettferdighets skyld Herren din Gud gir deg dette gode land til eie; for du er et hårdnakket folk.
OTB: Vit derfor at det ikke er på grunn av din rettferdighet at Herren din Gud gir deg dette gode landet å eie—for du er et stivnakket folk.
B1930: Så skal du da vite at det ikke er for din rettferdighets skyld Herren din Gud gir dig dette gode land til eie; for du er et hårdnakket folk.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 10:16
Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
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Deuteronomy 9:13
Furthermore the LORD spake unto me, saying, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
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Exodus 32:9
And the LORD said unto Moses, I have seen this people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked people:
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Acts 7:51
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
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Deuteronomy 31:27
For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the LORD; and how much more after my death?
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Exodus 33:3
Unto a land flowing with milk and honey: for I will not go up in the midst of thee; for thou art a stiffnecked people: lest I consume thee in the way.
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Exodus 34:9
And he said, If now I have found grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my Lord, I pray thee, go among us; for it is a stiffnecked people; and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for thine inheritance.
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Zechariah 7:11–12
But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.
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