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Deuteronomy 20:4
4The Lord your God is going into battle with you. He will fight for you against your enemies. He will cause you to win.’
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
2As you prepare to fight a battle, the priest must come to speak to your soldiers. 3He must say, ‘Israelites, listen to me! Today you will fight against your enemies. Do not be afraid. Be brave! Do not shake with fear because your enemy is so strong. The Lord your God is going into battle with you. He will fight for you against your enemies. He will cause you to win.’ 5Then the officers must say to the soldiers, ‘Has any of you built a new house but he has not yet asked God to bless it? If so, he may go home. If he does not, he may die in the battle. Then someone else will ask God to bless his home. 6Has anyone planted a field with grapes but he has not yet picked any fruit? He also may go home. If he does not, he may die in the battle. Then someone else will enjoy the 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 20:4
- Deuteronomy 1:30The Lord your God will go in front of you. He will fight to help you, as he fought for you in Egypt. You saw him do it.
- Deuteronomy 3:22So do not be afraid of them. The Lord your God himself will fight to help you.’
- Deuteronomy 11:25Nobody will be able to stop you. The Lord your God will cause everyone in the other nations to be afraid of you. They will shake with fear. He has promised to do that, everywhere that you go in the land.
- Deuteronomy 32:30One man can chase away 1,000 of my people! Two men can chase away 10,000 of them! How can that happen? God, their strong Rock, has left them. The Lord has given their enemies power over them.
- Exodus 14:14The Lord will fight for you. You will only have to watch.’
- Joshua 10:42Joshua won all these battles in one long fight. He won against all these kings and their lands. He won because the Lord, Israel's God, was fighting on Israel's behalf.
- Joshua 23:10Because the Lord your God fights on your behalf, one of you can chase away 1,000 men! The Lord has promised to do this for you.
- 2 Chronicles 13:12Listen to me! God himself is our leader. He is here to help us. His priests are ready to make a loud noise with their trumpets to start the battle against you. Israelite people, do not fight against the Lord, the God of your ancestors. You will not win the battle.’
- 2 Chronicles 32:7‘Be strong and brave. Do not be afraid of the king of Assyria and his large army. Do not worry! We have much greater power than he has.
- Psalms 144:1Lord, I praise you! You are my strong Rock! You teach me how to fight well. You show me how to use my weapons.
- Romans 8:37Because God loves us, none of these troubles can ever beat us. He makes us win against them.
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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