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Deuteronomy 1:30
30The Lord your God is going ahead of you. He will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt.
Deuteronomy 1:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes,
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord your God who goes before you will himself fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
- New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
Context of Deuteronomy 1:30
28Where can we go? Our brothers have demoralized us with their report. They tell us, “The people of the land are taller and more powerful than we are, and their towns are large, with walls rising high into the sky! We even saw giants there—the descendants of Anak!”’ 29“But I said to you, ‘Don’t be shocked or afraid of them! The Lord your God is going ahead of you. He will fight for you, just as you saw him do in Egypt. 31And you saw how the Lord your God cared for you all along the way as you traveled through the wilderness, just as a father cares for his child. Now he has brought you to this place.’ 32“But even after all he did, you refused to trust the Lord your God,
Read all of Deuteronomy 1Deuteronomy 1:30 word by word
יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ הַהֹלֵ֣ךְ לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם ה֖וּא יִלָּחֵ֣ם לָכֶ֑ם כְּ֠כֹל אֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֧ה אִתְּכֶ֛ם בְּמִצְרַ֖יִם לְעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- which goethהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980
- beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- you, he shall fightלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
- for you, according to all that he didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- for you in Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
- before your eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: before(the eyes)H5869
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 1:30
- Deuteronomy 20:1“When you go out to fight your enemies and you face horses and chariots and an army greater than your own, do not be afraid. The Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you!
- Exodus 14:14The Lord himself will fight for you. Just stay calm.”
- Joshua 10:42Joshua conquered all these kings and their land in a single campaign, for the Lord, the God of Israel, was fighting for his people.
- 1 Samuel 17:45David replied to the Philistine, “You come to me with sword, spear, and javelin, but I come to you in the name of the Lord of Heaven’s Armies—the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
- 2 Chronicles 14:11Then Asa cried out to the Lord his God, “O Lord, no one but you can help the powerless against the mighty! Help us, O Lord our God, for we trust in you alone. It is in your name that we have come against this vast horde. O Lord, you are our God; do not let mere men prevail against you!”
- 2 Chronicles 32:8He may have a great army, but they are merely men. We have the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles for us!” Hezekiah’s words greatly encouraged the people.
- Nehemiah 4:20When you hear the blast of the trumpet, rush to wherever it is sounding. Then our God will fight for us!”
- Psalms 46:11The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is here among us; the God of Israel is our fortress. Interlude
- Isaiah 8:9“Huddle together, you nations, and be terrified. Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle, but you will be crushed! Yes, prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!
- Romans 8:31What shall we say about such wonderful things as these? If God is for us, who can ever be against us?
- Exodus 7:1Then the Lord said to Moses, “Pay close attention to this. I will make you seem like God to Pharaoh, and your brother, Aaron, will be your prophet.
- Exodus 15:1Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the Lord: “I will sing to the Lord, for he has triumphed gloriously; he has hurled both horse and rider into the sea.
- Psalms 78:11They forgot what he had done— the great wonders he had shown them,
- Psalms 105:27They performed miraculous signs among the Egyptians, and wonders in the land of Ham.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 1:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30The Lord - shall fight for you - In the Targum of Onkelos, it is, the Word of the Lord shall fight for you. In a great number of places the Targums or Chaldee paraphrases use the term דיי מימרא meimera dayeya or Yehovah, the Word of the Lord, exactly in the same way in which St. John uses the term Logos in the first chapter of his Gospel. Many instances of this have already occurred.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-46Verses 19-46 Moses reminds the Israelites of their march from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea, through that great and terrible wilderness. He shows how near they were to a happy settlement in Canaan. It will aggravate the eternal ruin of hypocrites, that they were not far from the kingdom of God. As if it were not enough that they were sure of their God before them, they would send men before them. Never any looked into the Holy Land, but they must own it to be a…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30will fight for you: This phrase refers to the defeat of the Canaanite nations. God would start the battle, lead it, fight it, and ensure victory. The only other use of this phrase refers to God's actions during the exodus (Exodus 14:14).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22-3322-33. ye came ... and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land--The proposal to despatch spies emanated from the people through unbelief; but Moses, believing them sincere, gave his cordial assent to this measure, and God on being consulted permitted them to follow the suggestion (see on Nu 13:1). The issue proved disastrous to them, only through their own sin and folly.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 1
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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