Deuteronomy 20:4–5
For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
For the LORD your God is hee that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to saue you.
¶ And 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.
¶ And the Officers shall speake vnto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him goe and returne to his house, lest hee die in the battell, and an other man dedicate it.
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- Exodus 14:14Rank 1 from verse 4
- Deuteronomy 1:30Rank 2 from verse 4
- Deuteronomy 3:22Rank 3 from verse 4
- Joshua 23:10Rank 4 from verse 4
- Deuteronomy 11:25Rank 5 from verse 4
25There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
25There shall no man bee able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the feare of you, and the dread of you vpon all the land that yee shall tread vpon, as hee hath said vnto you.
- Romans 8:37Rank 6 from verse 4
- Psalms 144:1–2Rank 7 from verse 4
1BLESSED be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight:
2My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
1¶ Blessed be the LORD my ††strength, which teacheth my hands to warre, and my fingers to fight.
2*‖My goodnes and my fortresse, my high tower and my deliuerer, my shield, and he in whome I trust: who subdueth my people vnder me.
- 2 Chronicles 32:7–8Rank 8 from verse 4
7Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
8With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
7Be strong and couragious, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there bee moe with vs, then with him.
8*With him is an arme of flesh, but with vs is the LORD our God to helpe vs, and to fight our battels. And the people †rested themselues vpon the words of Hezekiah king of Iudah.
- Deuteronomy 32:30Rank 9 from verse 4
- 2 Chronicles 13:12Rank 10 from verse 4
12And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
12And behold, God himselfe is with vs for our captaine, and his Priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarme against you: O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers, for you shall not prosper.
- Joshua 10:42Rank 11 from verse 4
From verse 5
- Nehemiah 12:27Rank 1 from verse 5
27¶ And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
27¶ And at the dedication of the wall of Ierusalem, they sought the Leuites out of all their places, to bring them to Ierusalem, to keepe the dedication with gladnesse, both with thankesgiuings and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harpes.
- 1 Samuel 17:18Rank 2 from verse 5
- Deuteronomy 1:15Rank 3 from verse 5
15So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes.
15So I tooke the chiefe of your tribes, wise men, and knowen, and †made them heads ouer you, captaines ouer thousands, and captaines ouer hundreds, and captaines ouer fifties, and captaines ouer tennes, and officers among your tribes.
- Deuteronomy 16:18Rank 4 from verse 5
18¶ Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
18¶ Iudges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates which the LORD thy God giueth thee throughout thy tribes: and they shall iudge the people with iust iudgement.
- Numbers 31:14Rank 5 from verse 5
- Numbers 31:48Rank 6 from verse 5
- Psalms 30:1Rank 7 from verse 5
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Deuteronomy 20:4
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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The divine name of the living God, also named JEHOVAH.
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The possessive form of ye or you, ordinarily plural, marking what belongs to, concerns, proceeds from, or stands in relation to the persons addressed.
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The one true God.
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The second-person plural pronoun referring to those being addressed.
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Sense 1: A battle, struggle, or contest. Sense 2: As a verb, to contend.
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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
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Sense 1: To rescue, deliver, preserve, keep alive, heal, recover, or bring safely through. Sense 2: Except or apart from.
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Deuteronomy 20:5
Persons entrusted with an office, charge, authority, or oversight.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.
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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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Constructed, formed, established, or strengthened.
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Recently made, begun, known, or received; fresh, different, or not old.
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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of dedicate, meaning to set apart or devote to a special or sacred purpose.
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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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Sense 1: To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again. Sense 2: The act or time of coming back or recurring.
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For fear that, to prevent the possibility that, or so that an undesired or warned-of result may not occur.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
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1. Armed fighting or conflict between opposing forces; an engagement or warfare. 2. A battle line, array, or body of forces prepared or engaged for combat.
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1. In "one another" and like reciprocal or distributive constructions, each the other, or one in relation to the other or others. 2. One other, one more, or a different or additional person or thing.
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To set apart or devote to a special or sacred purpose.
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20:1WHEN 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.
20:1¶ When thou goest out to battell against thine enemies, and seest horses and charets, and a people more then thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee vp out of the land of Egypt.
20:2And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
20:2And it shall bee when ye are come nigh vnto the battell, that the Priest shall approach and speake vnto the people,
20:3And shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them;
20:3And shall say vnto them, Heare O Israel, you approach this day vnto battell against your enemies: let not your hearts †faint, feare not, and doe not †tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them.
20:4For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
20:4For the LORD your God is hee that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to saue you.
Selected passage20:5¶ And 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.
20:5¶ And the Officers shall speake vnto the people, saying, What man is there that hath built a new house, and hath not dedicated it? let him goe and returne to his house, lest hee die in the battell, and an other man dedicate it.
Selected passage20:6And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it.
20:6And what man is hee that hath planted a Uineyard, and hath not yet †eaten of it? let him also go and returne vnto his house, lest he die in the battell, and an other man eate of it.
20:7And what man is there 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.
20:7*And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him goe and returne vnto his house, lest he die in battell, and another man take her.
20:8And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.
20:8And the Officers shall speake further vnto the people: and they shall say, *What man is there that is fearefull and faint hearted? let him goe and returne vnto his house, lest his brethrens heart †faint as well as his heart.
20:9And it shall be, when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people, that they shall make captains of the armies to lead the people.
20:9And it shall be when the Officers haue made an end of speaking vnto the people, that they shall make Captaines of the armies to †leade the people.