Deuteronomy 20:4
For it is the Lord your God who advances with you, to fight with you against your enemies, and to save you.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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 shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Deuteronomy 3:22Ye shall not be afraid of them, because the Lord our God himself shall fight for you.
Deuteronomy 32:30How should one pursue a thousand, 1 And two rout tens of thousands, 1 If God had not sold them, 1 And the Lord delivered them up? 1
Joshua 10:42And Joshua smote, once for all, all their kings, and their land, because the Lord God of Israel fought on the side of Israel.
1 Samuel 14:23And the battle extended itself to every city in the Mount Ephraim.
2 Chronicles 13:12And, behold, the Lord and his priests are with us at our head, and the signal trumpets to sound an alarm over us. Children of Israel, fight not against the Lord God of our 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 →