Deuteronomy 20:4

for the LORD your God is He that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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

3and shall say unto them: 'Hear, O Israel, ye draw nigh this day unto battle against your enemies; let not your heart faint; fear not, nor be alarmed, neither be ye affrighted at them;

5And 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.

Read all of Deuteronomy 20

Cross References

Exodus 14:14The LORD will fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.'

Deuteronomy 3:22Ye shall not fear them; for the LORD your God, He it is that fighteth for you.'

Deuteronomy 32:30How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had given them over and the LORD had delivered them up?

Joshua 10:42And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.

1 Samuel 14:23So the LORD saved Israel that day; and the battle passed on as far as Beth-aven.

2 Chronicles 13:12And, behold, God is with us at our head, and His priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD, the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.'

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Deuteronomy 20:4