New English Translation
Deuteronomy 20:4
4for the Lord your God goes with you to fight on your behalf against your enemies to 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
2As you move forward for battle, the priest will approach and say to the soldiers, 3“Listen, Israel! Today you are moving forward to do battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted. Do not fear and tremble or be terrified because of them, for the Lord your God goes with you to fight on your behalf against your enemies to give you victory.” 5Moreover, the officers are to say to the troops, “Who among you has built a new house and not dedicated it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else dedicate it. 6Or who among you has planted a vineyard and not benefited from it? He may go home, lest he die in battle and someone else benefit from it.
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 is about to go ahead of you; he will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt
- Deuteronomy 3:22Do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God will personally fight for you.”
- Deuteronomy 11:25Nobody will be able to resist you; the Lord your God will spread the fear and terror of you over the whole land on which you walk, just as he promised you.
- Deuteronomy 32:30How can one man chase a thousand of them, and two pursue ten thousand; unless their Rock had delivered them up, and the Lord had handed them over?
- Exodus 14:14The Lord will fight for you, and you can be still.”
- Joshua 10:42Joshua captured in one campaign all these kings and their lands, for the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.
- Joshua 23:10One of you makes a thousand run away, for the Lord your God fights for you as he promised you he would.
- 2 Chronicles 13:12Now look, God is with us as our leader. His priests are ready to blow the trumpets to signal the attack against you. You Israelites, don’t fight against the Lord God of your ancestors, for you will not win!”
- 2 Chronicles 32:7“Be strong and brave! Don’t be afraid and don’t panic because of the king of Assyria and this huge army that is with him! We have with us one who is stronger than those who are with him.
- Psalms 144:1The Lord, my protector, deserves praise – the one who trains my hands for battle, and my fingers for war,
- Romans 8:37No, in all these things we have complete victory 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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