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Deuteronomy 20:4

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For the LORD your God [is] he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

Read it in 5 translations

KJV King James Version

For the LORD your God [is] he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

BSB Berean Standard Bible

For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”

WEB World English Bible

for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”

ASV American Standard Version

for Jehovah your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

YLT Young’s Literal Translation

for Jehovah your God is He who is going with you, to fight for you with your enemies—to save you.

Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 20

1 When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, [and] a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God [is] with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

2 And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,

3 And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;

4 For the LORD your God [is] he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

5 And the officers shall speak unto the people, saying, What man [is there] that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.

6 And what man [is he] that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not [yet] eaten of it? let him [also] go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.

7 And what man [is there] that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

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Exodus 14:14The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.Joshua 23:10One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he [it is] that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.Deuteronomy 3:22Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you.Deuteronomy 1:30The 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;Deuteronomy 11:25There shall no man be able to stand before you: [for] the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.Romans 8:37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.Psalm 144:1-2[A Psalm] of David. Blessed [be] the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, [and] my fingers to fight:2 Chronicles 13:12And, behold, God himself [is] with us for [our] captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.Deuteronomy 32:30How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?2 Chronicles 32:7-8Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that [is] with him: for [there be] more with us than with him:Joshua 10:42And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.