Deuteronomy 20:4

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

For Yahweh your God, is he that is going with you, - to fight for you against your enemies to save you.

Parallel Translations

Geneva Bible (1587)
For ye Lord your God goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, & to saue you

Hebrew Names Version
for the LORD your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord your God is going with you to help you fight against your enemies. He will help you win!'

English Standard Version
for the Lord your God is he who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.'

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

Bible in Basic English
For the Lord your God goes with you, fighting for you to give you salvation from those who are against you.

Contemporary English Version
The Lord your God will fight alongside you and help you win the battle."

Complete Jewish Bible
because Adonai your God is going with you to fight on your behalf against your enemies and give you victory.'

JPS Old Testament (1917)
for the LORD your God is He that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.'

King James Version (1611)
For the Lord your God is hee that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to saue you.

Amplified Bible
for the LORD your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.'

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For it is the Lord your God who advances with you, to fight with you against your enemies, and to save you.

English Revised Version
for the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

Berean Standard Bible
For the LORD your God is He who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory."

Lexham English Bible
for Yahweh your God is going with you to fight for you against your enemies to help you.'

Literal Translation
For Jehovah your God is He who is going before you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

New Century Version
because the Lord your God goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies and to save you."

New English Translation
for the Lord your God goes with you to fight on your behalf against your enemies to give you victory."

New King James Version
for the LORD your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.'

New Living Translation
For the Lord your God is going with you! He will fight for you against your enemies, and he will give you victory!'

New Life Bible
For the Lord your God is the One Who goes with you. He will fight for you against those who hate you. And He will save you.'

Douay-Rheims Bible
Because the Lord your God is in the midst of you, and will fight for you against your enemies, to deliver you from danger.

George Lamsa Translation
For the LORD your God is he that goes with you, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, and it is he who shall fight for you with your enemies, and he shall save you.

Good News Translation
The Lord your God is going with you, and he will give you victory.'

New American Standard Bible
for the LORD your God is the One who is going with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.'

King James Version
For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for youre Lord God is in the myddis of you, and he schal fiyte for you ayens aduersaries, that he delyuere you fro perel.

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.

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

Revised Standard Version
for the LORD your God is he that goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.'

Update Bible Version
for Yahweh your God is he that goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.

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

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the Lord your God goeth with you, to fyght for you agaynst your enemies, and to saue you.

Christian Standard Bible®
For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.’

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For the LORDE youre God goeth with you, to fyghte for you agaynst youre enemies, yt he maye saue you.

New Revised Standard
for it is the Lord your God who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to give you victory."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
for the LORD your God is the one who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.'

Legacy Standard Bible
for Yahweh your God is the one who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.'

Contextual Overview

¹ When thou shalt go out to wage war against thine enemy, and shalt see the horses and chariots of a people more in number than thou, thou shalt not be afraid of them, - for, Yahweh thy God, is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. ² And it shall be, when ye are coming nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people; ³ and shall say unto them, - Hear, O Israel, ye are coming near to-day, unto battle against your enemies, - let not your heart faint do not fear nor start nor quake because of them. ⁴ For Yahweh your God, is he that is going with you, - to fight for you against your enemies to save you. ⁵ Then shall the officers speak unto the people saying, Who is the man that hath built a new house and hath not dedicated it? let him go and return unto his house, - lest he die in the battle, and, another man dedicate it. ⁶ And who is the man that hath planted a vineyard and hath not thrown it open? let him go and return unto his house, - lest he die in the battle, and another man, throw it open. ⁷ And who is the man 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. ⁸ Then shall the officers further speak unto the people, and say - Who is the man that is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return unto his house, - lest his brethren's heart melt as well as his heart. ⁹ And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, then shall they appoint captains of hosts at the head of the people.

Bible Verse Review
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to fight: Deuteronomy 1:30, Deuteronomy 3:22, Deuteronomy 11:25, Deuteronomy 32:30, Exodus 14:14, Joshua 10:42, Joshua 23:10, 2 Chronicles 13:12, 2 Chronicles 32:7, 2 Chronicles 32:8, Psalms 144:1, Psalms 144:2, Romans 8:37

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 9:3 - goeth over Deuteronomy 31:6 - Be strong Joshua 1:5 - There shall Joshua 23:3 - for the 1 Samuel 7:10 - discomfited 2 Kings 19:6 - Be not afraid 1 Chronicles 22:18 - before the Lord 2 Chronicles 20:15 - Be not afraid Nehemiah 4:14 - General Nehemiah 4:20 - our God Psalms 60:10 - didst Psalms 108:11 - go forth Isaiah 28:6 - and for strength Isaiah 52:12 - for Jeremiah 42:11 - for I Ephesians 6:10 - be

Cross-References

Genesis 19:24
And, Yahweh, rained, upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah, brimstone and fire, - from Yahweh, out of the heavens:

Genesis 20:6
And God said unto him in a dream, I, also, knew, that in the integrity of thy heart, thou didst this, so then, even I myself, withheld thee from sinning against me, for this reason, have I not suffered thee to touch her.

Genesis 20:17
And Abraham prayed unto God, - and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maid-servants, so that they bare children,

Genesis 20:18
For Yahweh, had restrained from bearing, every female a of the house of Abimelech, - because of Sarah, wife of Abraham.

2 Samuel 4:11
how much more, when, lawless men, have slain a righteous person, in his own house, upon his bed? …Now, therefore, must I not require his blood at your hands, and so consume you, out of the earth?

1 Chronicles 21:17
And David said unto God, Was it not, I, who gave word to number the people? Yea, I, it was who sinned and did the great wrong, what then had, these sheep, done? O Yahweh, my God, let thy hand, I beseech thee, be against me, and against the house of my father, but not against, thy people, that they should be plagued!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you,.... To battle, and therefore they had no reason to fear and be dismayed, to be fainthearted, terrified, and tremble:

fear not, I am with thee,.... Isaiah 41:10, this, according to the Misnah f, respects the ark, and so Jarchi, which was a symbol of the divine Presence, and went with them to battle; see Joshua 6:4

to fight for you against your enemies, to save you; to annoy and destroy the one, and to protect and save the other; thus far the anointed priest addressed the people in an oration to this purpose: the account Maimonides gives of it is, that

"when they have set their ranks, and are near to a battle, the anointed of war stands on an high place, and all the ranks before him, and says to them in the holy tongue, "hear, O Israel", c. unto to save you and then another priest under him causes it to be heard by all the people with an high voice g;''

he repeated what the anointed of war had said, and expressed it with a loud voice, that all might hear.

f Ut supra. (Misn. Sotab, c. 8. sect. 1.) g Hilchot Melachim, c. 7. sect. 3.