Deuteronomium 9:5

Clementine Latin Vulgate

Qui fecerunt tempore suo, quartadecima die mensis ad vesperam, in monte Sinai. Juxta omnia quæ mandaverat Dominus Moysi, fecerunt filii Israël.

Parallel Translations

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Neque enim propter justitias tuas, et �quitatem cordis tui ingredieris, ut possideas terras earum: sed quia ill� egerunt impie, intro�unte te delet� sunt: et ut compleret verbum suum Dominus, quod sub juramento pollicitus est patribus tuis, Abraham, Isaac, et Jacob.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Neque enim propter iustitiam tuam et aequitatem cordis tui ingredieris, ut possideas terras earum, sed quia illae egerunt impie, introeunte te, Dominus Deus tuus expellet eos ante te, et ut compleat verbum suum Dominus, quod sub iuramento pollicitus est patribus tuis, Abraham, Isaac et Iacob.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Not for: Though the Canaanites were expelled for their wickedness, it does not follow, that the Israelites were established in their room on account of any distinguished virtue, or because they deserved it. On many occasions, it may be seen in the history of the world, that God punishes the wicked by the instrumentality of other men, who are as wicked as themselves. Not the Israelites' righteousness, but the wickedness of the inhabitants, and the promise of God to their fathers, was the cause of their obtaining Canaan. Titus 3:5

that he may: Genesis 12:7, Genesis 13:15, Genesis 15:7, Genesis 17:8, Genesis 26:4, Genesis 28:13, Exodus 32:13, Ezekiel 20:14, Micah 7:20, Luke 1:54, Luke 1:55, Acts 3:25, Acts 13:32, Acts 13:33, Romans 11:28, Romans 15:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 19:29 - that God Exodus 34:11 - I drive Leviticus 20:23 - therefore Deuteronomy 4:37 - because Deuteronomy 7:8 - because Deuteronomy 9:4 - Speak not Deuteronomy 11:9 - sware Deuteronomy 11:23 - General Judges 11:24 - whomsoever 1 Samuel 12:22 - it hath 2 Samuel 7:21 - thy word's 1 Kings 11:13 - for David Nehemiah 9:8 - madest Psalms 105:42 - Abraham Ezekiel 36:22 - General Ezekiel 36:32 - for your Acts 13:17 - God Ephesians 2:4 - his Hebrews 11:8 - which

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart,.... Neither for their external righteousness before men, or their outward conformity to the law, nor for the inward sincerity of their hearts, and their upright intentions in doing good, in which they were defective:

dost thou go to possess their land; this is repeated, and enlarged on, and explained, that this notion might be entirely removed from them, and not entertained by them; similar to which is that of men, who fancy that their sincere obedience, though imperfect, will be accepted of God instead of a perfect one, on account of which they shall be justified and saved; but by the deeds of the law no flesh living can be justified in the sight of God, nor by any works of righteousness done by the best of men, and in the best manner they are capable of, will any be saved;

but for the wickedness of those nations the Lord thy God doth drive them out from before thee; which is repeated, that it might be taken notice of as the true reason of the Lord's dealing with them in such severity; and which because it would be now doing, when the Israelites passed over Jordan, and went in to possess the land, it is expressed in the present tense, "doth drive", the work being not yet finished; sin was the cause of their ejection out of their land, and another thing was the reason of the Israelites possessing it, and not their righteousness next expressed:

and that he may perform the word which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; it was to fulfil his covenant, and make good his word of promise to their fathers, and not on account of any righteousness of theirs; and the salvation of the Lord's people in a spiritual sense, and their enjoyment of the heavenly Canaan, are owing to the gracious purposes and promises of God, and to his covenant engagements, as well as to the undertakings, obedience, and righteousness of his Son, and not to any righteousness of theirs.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 9:5. For the wickedness of these nations — So then it was not by any sovereign act of God that these people were cast out, but for their wickedness; they had transgressed the law of their Creator; they had resisted his Spirit, and could no longer be tolerated. The Israelites were to possess their land, not because they deserved it, but first, because they were less wicked than the others; and secondly, because God thus chose to begin the great work of his salvation among men. Thus then the Canaanites were cut off, and the Israelites were grafted in; and the Israelites, because of their wickedness, were afterwards cut off and the Gentiles grafted in. Let the latter not be high-minded, but fear; if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he spare not thee. But let it be remembered that this land was originally their own, and that the present possessors had no legal right to it.