Deuteronomy 20:4
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.
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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
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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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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;
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.
4For the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
4For the LORD your God is hee that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to saue you.
Selected passage5¶ 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.
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.