God’s Word Translation
Deuteronomy 20:4
4The Lord your God is going with you. He will fight for you against your enemies and give you 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
2Before the battle starts, a priest must come and speak to the troops. 3He should tell them, “Listen, Israel, today you’re going into battle against your enemies. Don’t lose your courage! Don’t be afraid or alarmed or tremble because of them. The Lord your God is going with you. He will fight for you against your enemies and give you victory.” 5The officers should tell the troops, “If you have built a new house but not dedicated it, you may go home. Otherwise, you might die in battle, and someone else will dedicate it. 6If you have planted a vineyard and not enjoyed the grapes, you may go home. Otherwise, you might die in battle, and someone else will enjoy the grapes.
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, who is going ahead of you, will fight for you as you saw him fight for you in Egypt
- Deuteronomy 3:22Don’t be afraid of them, because the Lord your God himself will fight for you.”
- Deuteronomy 11:25No one will be able to stop you. As the Lord your God promised, he will make people terrified of you wherever you go in this land.
- Deuteronomy 32:30How could one person chase a thousand or two people make ten thousand flee? Their rock used these people to defeat them and the Lord gave them no help.
- Exodus 14:14The Lord is fighting for you! So be still!”
- Joshua 10:42Joshua captured all these kings and their territories in one campaign because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.
- Joshua 23:10One of you used to chase a thousand. That was because the Lord your God was fighting for you, as he had promised you.
- 2 Chronicles 13:12God is with us as our leader. His priests will sound their trumpets to call ⌞the army⌟ to fight you. Men of Israel, don’t wage war against the Lord God of your ancestors. You won’t succeed.”
- 2 Chronicles 32:7“Be strong and courageous. Don’t be frightened or terrified by the king of Assyria or the crowd with him. Someone greater is on our side.
- Psalms 144:1Thank the Lord, my rock, who trained my hands to fight and my fingers to do battle,
- Romans 8:37The one who loves us gives us an overwhelming victory in all these difficulties.
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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