Deuteronomy 20:4
Because the Lord your God is in the midst of you, and will fight for you against your enemies, to deliver you from danger.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 14:14The Lord will fight for you, and you shall hold your peace.
Deuteronomy 3:22Fear them not: for the Lord your God will fight for you.
Deuteronomy 32:30How should one pursue after a thousand, and two chase ten thousand? Was it not, because their God had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?
Joshua 10:42And all their kings, and their lands he took and wasted at one onset: for the Lord the God of Israel fought for him.
1 Samuel 14:23And the Lord saved Israel that day. And the fight went on as far as Bethaven.
2 Chronicles 13:12Therefore God is the leader in our army, and his priests who sound with trumpets, and resound against you: O children of Israel, fight not against the Lord the God of your fathers, for it is not good for you.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 20:2-10
Directions Concerning War; Persons Excused from War. ( b. c. 1451.) 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… Read the whole commentary →