New King James Version
Deuteronomy 20:4
4for the Lord your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.’
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 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
2So it shall be, when you are on the verge of battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people. 3And he shall say to them, ‘Hear, O Israel: Today you are on the verge of battle with your enemies. Do not let your heart faint, do not be afraid, and do not tremble or be terrified because of them; for the Lord your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.’ 5“Then the officers shall speak to the people, saying: ‘What man is there who has built a new house and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man dedicate it. 6Also what man is there who has planted a vineyard and has not eaten of it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle and another man eat of 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, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
- Deuteronomy 3:22You must not fear them, for the Lord your God Himself fights for you.’
- Deuteronomy 11:25No man shall be able to stand against you; the Lord your God will put the dread of you and the fear of you upon all the land where you tread, just as He has said to you.
- Deuteronomy 32:30How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the Lord had surrendered them?
- Exodus 14:14The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.”
- Joshua 10:42All these kings and their land Joshua took at one time, because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.
- Joshua 23:10One man of you shall chase a thousand, for the Lord your God is He who fights for you, as He promised you.
- 2 Chronicles 13:12Now look, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with sounding trumpets to sound the alarm against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the Lord God of your fathers, for you shall not prosper!”
- 2 Chronicles 32:7“Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for there are more with us than with him.
- Psalms 144:1Blessed be the Lord my Rock, Who trains my hands for war, And my fingers for battle—
- Romans 8:37Yet 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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