Deuteronomy 20:4

Deuteronomy 20:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
• New International Version (NIV)For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)for the Lord your God is he who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)for the Lord your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.’

Context of Deuteronomy 20:4

2When you approach the battle, the priest shall come forward and speak to the people, 3and shall say to them, ‘Hear, O Israel: you are advancing today to battle against your enemies. Do not lack courage. Do not be afraid, or panic, or tremble [in terror] before them, for the Lord your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.’ 5The officers shall also speak to the soldiers, saying, ‘What man is there who has built a new house and has not yet dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, otherwise he might die in the battle and another man would dedicate it. 6What man has planted a vineyard and has not put it to use [harvesting its fruit]? Let him go and return to his house, otherwise he might die in the battle and another man would begin to use its fruit.

Deuteronomy 20:4 word by word

כִּ֚י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ עִמָּכֶ֑ם לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם לָכֶ֛ם עִם־אֹיְבֵיכֶ֖ם לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ אֶתְכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• he that goethהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
• with you, to fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• for you against your enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• to saveיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 20:4

• Deuteronomy 1:30The Lord your God who goes before you will fight for you Himself, just as He did for you in Egypt before your [very] eyes,
• Deuteronomy 3:22Do not fear them, for it is the Lord your God who is fighting for you.’
• Deuteronomy 11:25No man will be able to stand before you; the Lord your God will lay the fear and the dread of you on all the land on which you set foot, just as He has spoken to you.
• Deuteronomy 32:30How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the Lord had given them up?
• Exodus 14:14The Lord will fight for you while you [only need to] keep silent and remain calm.”
• Joshua 10:42Joshua captured all these kings and their land at one time, because the Lord, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
• Joshua 23:10One of your men puts to flight a thousand, for the Lord your God is He who is fighting for you, just as He promised you.
• 2 Chronicles 13:12Behold, God is with us at our head, and His priests [are here] with their signal trumpets to sound an alarm against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against the Lord God of your fathers, for you cannot succeed.”
• 2 Chronicles 32:7“Be strong and courageous. Do not fear or be dismayed because of the king of Assyria, nor because of all the army that is with him; for the One with us is greater than the one with him.
• Psalms 144:1Blessed be the Lord, my Rock and my great strength, Who trains my hands for war And my fingers for battle;
• Romans 8:37Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors and gain an overwhelming victory through Him who loved us [so much that He died for us].

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 20:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4to fight for you: This promise shows that God starts wars, carries them out, and brings them to victory against his enemies. The purpose of these wars was to remove enemies who refused to turn from evil and to protect his people from being corrupted (see 1:30).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-42-4. 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 regular attendance of a priest on the…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 20:4

• Armies
• Priest
• War

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• God
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• Fearful
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• Atonement, Day of
• Criticism
• Deuteronomy
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 20

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings