11 translations · Hebrew
Deuteronomy 20:4
for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”
Deuteronomy 20:4 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”
- KJV King James Version
- For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
- ASV American Standard Version
- for Jehovah your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- for your God YHWH [is] He who is going with you, to fight for you with your enemies—to save you.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- For the Lord your God is going with you to fight for you against your enemies, and he will give you the victory.”
- YLT 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.
- DBY Darby Translation
- for Jehovah your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- for the LORD your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Because the Lord your God is in the midst of you, and will fight for you against your enemies, to deliver you from danger.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֚י | kî | For | H3588 כִּי for |
| יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם | ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem | your God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ | ha·hō·lêḵ | goes | H1980 הָלַךְ to go: went |
| עִמָּכֶ֑ם | ‘im·mā·ḵem | with you | H5973 עִם with |
| לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם | lə·hil·lā·ḥêm | to fight | H3898 לָחַם to fight |
| לָכֶ֛ם | lā·ḵem | for you | H9005 ל to/for |
| עִם־ | ‘im- | against | H5973 עִם with |
| אֹיְבֵיכֶ֖ם | ’ō·yə·ḇê·ḵem | your enemies | H341 אֹיֵב enemy |
| לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ | lə·hō·wō·šî·a‘ | to give you the victory | H3467 יָשַׁע to save |
| אֶתְכֶֽם׃ | ’eṯ·ḵem | — | H853 אֵת [Obj.] |
Related verses
- Exodus 14:14
Yahweh will fight for you, and you shall be still.”
- Deuteronomy 1:30
Yahweh your God who goes before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
- Deuteronomy 3:22
You shall not fear them; for Yahweh your God himself fights for you.”
- Joshua 23:10
One man of you shall chase a thousand; for it is Yahweh your God who fights for you, as he spoke to you.
- Deuteronomy 11:25
No man will be able to stand before you. Yahweh your God will lay the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land that you tread on, as he has spoken to you.
- Romans 8:37
No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
- Psalm 144:1–2
Blessed be Yahweh, my rock, who teaches my hands to war, and my fingers to battle: my loving kindness, my fortress, my high tower, my deliverer, my shield, and he in whom I take refuge; who subdues my people under me.
- Deuteronomy 32:30
How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and Yahweh had delivered them up?
- 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.
- 2 Chronicles 13:12
Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, don’t fight against Yahweh, the God of your fathers; for you will not prosper.”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
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;
4 for Yahweh your God is he who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”
5 The officers shall speak to the people, saying, “What man is there who has built a new house, and has not dedicated it? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man dedicate it.
6 What man is there who has planted a vineyard, and has not used its fruit? Let him go and return to his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man use its fruit.
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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