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.
• 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.’
• New Living Translation (NLT)For the Lord your God is going with you! He will fight for you against your enemies, and he will give you victory!’

Context of Deuteronomy 20:4

2When you are about to go into battle, the priest shall come forward and address the army. 3He shall say: “Hear, Israel: Today you are going into battle against your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not panic or be terrified by them. For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.” 5The officers shall say to the army: “Has anyone built a new house and not yet begun to live in it? Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else may begin to live in it. 6Has anyone planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy it? Let him go home, or he may die in battle and someone else enjoy it.

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 is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes,
• Deuteronomy 3:22Do not be afraid of them; the Lord your God himself will fight for you.”
• Deuteronomy 11:25No one will be able to stand against you. The Lord your God, as he promised you, will put the terror and fear of you on the whole land, wherever you go.
• Deuteronomy 32:30How could one man chase 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 10:42All these kings and their lands Joshua conquered in one campaign, because the Lord, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
• Joshua 23:10One of you routs a thousand, because the Lord your God fights for you, just as he promised.
• 2 Chronicles 13:12God is with us; he is our leader. His priests with their trumpets will sound the battle cry against you. People of Israel, do not fight against the Lord, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.”
• 2 Chronicles 32:7“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him.
• Psalms 144:1Praise be to 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

Topics related to Deuteronomy 20:4

• Armies
• Priest
• War

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• God
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• Fearful
• Army
• 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