11 translations · Hebrew
Deuteronomy 20:1
When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
Deuteronomy 20:1 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
- ASV American Standard Version
- When thou goest forth to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, thou shalt not be afraid of them; for Jehovah thy God is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- “When you go out to battle against your enemy, and have seen horse and chariot—a people more numerous than you—you are not afraid of them, for your God YHWH [is] with you, who is bringing you up out of the land of Egypt;
- FBV Free Bible Version
- When you go to war with your enemies and you see horses and chariots, and a larger army than yours, don't be afraid of them, because the Lord your God who led you out of Egypt is with you.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'When thou goest out to battle against thine enemy, and hast seen horse and chariot — a people more numerous than thou — thou art not afraid of them, for Jehovah thy God [is] with thee, who is bringing thee up out of the land of Egypt;
- DBY Darby Translation
- When thou goest out to war against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, [and] a people more numerous than thou, thou shalt not fear them; for Jehovah thy God is with thee, who brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- When thou goest out to battle against thy 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, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more numerous than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, is with you.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- If thou go out to war against thy enemies, and see horsemen and chariots, and the numbers of the enemy’s army greater than thine, thou shalt not fear them: because the Lord thy God is with thee, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | kî- | When | H3588 כִּי for |
| תֵצֵ֨א | ṯê·ṣê | you go out | H3318 יָצָא to come out: come |
| לַמִּלְחָמָ֜ה | lam·mil·ḥā·māh | to war | H4421 מִלְחָמָה battle |
| עַל־ | ‘al- | against | H5921 עַל upon |
| אֹיְבֶ֗יךָ | ’ō·yə·ḇe·ḵā | your enemies | H341 אֹיֵב enemy |
| וְֽרָאִ֜יתָ | wə·rā·’î·ṯā | and see | H7200 רָאָה to see: see |
| ס֤וּס | sūs | horses | H5483 סוּס swallow |
| וָרֶ֙כֶב֙ | wā·re·ḵeḇ | chariots | H7393 רֶ֫כֶב chariot |
| עַ֚ם | ‘am | and an army | H5971 עַם people |
| רַ֣ב | raḇ | larger | H7227 רַב many |
| מִמְּךָ֔ | mim·mə·ḵā | than yours | H4480 מִן־ from |
| לֹ֥א | lō | do not | H3808 לֹא not |
| תִירָ֖א | ṯî·rā | be afraid | H3372 יָרֵא to fear |
| מֵהֶ֑ם | mê·hem | of them | — |
| כִּֽי־ | kî- | for | H3588 כִּי for |
| יְהוָ֤ה | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | your God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| עִמָּ֔ךְ | ‘im·māḵ | is with you | H5973 עִם with |
| הַמַּֽעַלְךָ֖ | ham·ma·‘al·ḵā | who brought you | H5927 עָלָה to ascend: rise |
| מֵאֶ֥רֶץ | mê·’e·reṣ | out of the land | H776 אֶ֫רֶץ land: country/planet |
| מִצְרָֽיִם׃ | miṣ·rā·yim | of Egypt | H4714 מִצְרַ֫יִם Egypt |
Related verses
- 2 Chronicles 32:7–8
“Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or dismayed because of the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude who is with him; for there is a greater one with us than with him. An arm of flesh is with him, but Yahweh our God is with us to help us and to fight our battles.” The people rested themselves on the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
- Deuteronomy 31:8
Yahweh himself is who goes before you. He will be with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be discouraged.”
- Psalm 20:7
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust the name of Yahweh our God.
- Deuteronomy 31:6
Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”
- Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.
- Romans 8:31
What then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- Joshua 1:5
No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not fail you nor forsake you.
- Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they don’t look to the Holy One of Israel, and they don’t seek Yahweh!
- Isaiah 8:9–10
Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered! Take counsel together, and it will be brought to nothing; speak the word, and it will not stand: for God is with us.”
- Joshua 1:9
Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”
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In context
1 When you go out to battle against your enemies, and see horses, chariots, and a people more than you, you shall not be afraid of them; for Yahweh your God is with you, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.
2 It shall be, when you draw near to the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak to the people,
3 and shall tell them, “Hear, Israel, you draw near today to battle against your enemies. Don’t let your heart faint! Don’t be afraid, nor tremble, neither be scared of them;
Read all of Deuteronomy 20 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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