Deuteronomy 20:4
For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
Deuteronomy 20:4 in other translations
| BSB | For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.” |
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| WEB | for the LORD your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.” |
| ASV | for Jehovah your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. |
| YLT | for Jehovah your God is He who is going with you, to fight for you with your enemies--to save you. |
| DARBY | for Jehovah your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. |
| BBE | For the Lord your God goes with you, fighting for you to give you salvation from those who are against you. |
| Webster | For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. |
What does Deuteronomy 20:4 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 20:2-4
2-4. when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people--Jewish writers say that there was a war priest appointed by a special ceremonial to attend the army. It was natural that the solemn objects and motives of religion should have been applied to animate patriotism, and so give additional impulse to valor; other people have done this. But in the case of Israel, the…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 20:1-9
In the wars wherein Israel engaged according to the will of God, they might expect the Divine assistance. The Lord was to be their only confidence. In these respects they were types of the Christian's warfare. Those unwilling to fight, must be sent away. The unwillingness might arise from a man's outward condition. God would not be served by men forced against their will. Thy people shall be willing, Psa 110:3. In…
Deuteronomy 20:4 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 20:4
- Exodus 14:14
The Lord shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
- Deuteronomy 3:22
Ye shall not fear them: for the Lord your God he shall fight for you.
- Deuteronomy 1:30
The Lord your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
- Joshua 23:10
One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the Lord your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
- Deuteronomy 11:25
There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
- Romans 8:37
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
- Psalms 144:1-2
A Psalm of David. Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight: My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
- 2 Chronicles 32:7-8
Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him: With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
- Deuteronomy 32:30
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?
- 2 Chronicles 13:12
And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
- Joshua 10:42
And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 20:3
And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
- Deuteronomy 20:4
For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
- Deuteronomy 20:5
And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
Deuteronomy 20:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Que Jehová vuestro Dios anda con vosotros, para pelear por vosotros contra vuestros enemigos, para salvaros. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | car l’ Éternel, votre Dieu, marche avec vous, pour combattre pour vous contre vos ennemis, pour vous sauver. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | denn Jehova, euer Gott, ist es, der mit euch zieht, um für euch zu streiten mit euren Feinden, um euch zu retten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | quia Dominus Deus vester in medio vestri est, et pro vobis contra adversarios dimicabit, ut eruat vos de periculo. |