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17 Otherwise, you might say in your heart,(A) “It is my own power and the strength of my own hand that has got me this wealth.”

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17 You may say to yourself,(A) “My power and the strength of my hands(B) have produced this wealth for me.”

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After the Lord, your God, has driven them out of your way, do not say in your heart, “It is because of my justice the Lord has brought me in to possess this land,(A) and because of the wickedness of these nations the Lord is dispossessing them before me.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 9:4 Before me: Hebrew reads “before you.”

After the Lord your God has driven them out before you, do not say to yourself,(A) “The Lord has brought me here to take possession of this land because of my righteousness.” No, it is on account of the wickedness(B) of these nations(C) that the Lord is going to drive them out before you.

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