Berean Standard Bible
Deuteronomy 20:4
4For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
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 are about to go into battle, the priest is to come forward and address the army, 3saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them. For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.” 5Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it. 6Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
Read all of Deuteronomy 20Deuteronomy 20:4 word by word
כִּ֚י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ עִמָּכֶ֑ם לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם לָכֶ֛ם עִם־אֹיְבֵיכֶ֖ם לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ אֶתְכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 20:4
- Deuteronomy 1:30The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt
- Deuteronomy 3:22Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”
- Deuteronomy 11:25No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.
- Deuteronomy 32:30How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
- Exodus 14:14The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
- Joshua 10:42And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.
- Joshua 23:10One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
- 2 Chronicles 13:12Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”
- 2 Chronicles 32:7“Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.
- Psalms 144:1Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
- Romans 8:37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved 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
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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
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