Deuteronomy 20:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֚י יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם הַהֹלֵ֖ךְ עִמָּכֶ֑ם לְהִלָּחֵ֥ם לָכֶ֛ם עִם־אֹיְבֵיכֶ֖ם לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ אֶתְכֶֽם׃

Transliteration

For YHWH ʾĕlōhêḵem the-one-who-hōlēḵ with-you to-hillāḥēm for-you with-ʾōyḇêḵem to-hôšîaʿ ʾetḵem.

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*YHWH*: divine name - LORD
*ʾĕlōhêḵem*: masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your God
*hahōlēḵ*: definite article + qal participle masculine singular - the one who walks/goes
*ʿimmāḵem*: preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - with you
*lĕhillāḥēm*: preposition + niphal infinitive construct - to fight
*lāḵem*: preposition + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - for you
*ʿim*: preposition - with
*ʾōyḇêḵem*: masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - your enemies
*lĕhôšîaʿ*: preposition + hiphil infinitive construct - to save/deliver
*ʾetḵem*: direct object marker + 2nd person masculine plural suffix - you

Word Meanings

*ʾĕlōhêḵem*: your God/gods/deity
*hōlēḵ*: walking/going/proceeding
*hillāḥēm*: to fight/do battle/wage war
*ʾōyḇêḵem*: your enemies/adversaries/foes
*hôšîaʿ*: to save/deliver/rescue/give victory

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Deut 1:30 : 30 Jehovah your God who goeth before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
Josh 23:10 : 10 One man of you shall chase a thousand; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you, as he spake unto you.
Deut 3:22 : 22 Ye shall not fear them; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you.
2 Chr 13:12 : 12 And, behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against Jehovah, the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
Josh 10:42 : 42 And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because Jehovah, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
Rom 8:37 : 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Exod 14:14 : 14 Jehovah will fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
2 Chr 32:7-8 : 7 Be strong and of good courage, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him; for there is a greater with us than with him: 8 with him is an arm of flesh; but with us is Jehovah our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
Ps 144:1-2 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Blessed be Jehovah my rock, Who teacheth my hands to war, [And] my fingers to fight: 2 My lovingkindness, and my fortress, My high tower, and my deliverer; My shield, and he in whom I take refuge; Who subdueth my people under me.
Deut 11:25 : 25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: Jehovah 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 spoken unto you.
Deut 32:30 : 30 How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?

Similar Verses (AI)

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Deut 1:29-30
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29Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
30Jehovah your God who goeth before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
Deut 3:22
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22Ye shall not fear them; for Jehovah your God, he it is that fighteth for you.
Deut 20:1-3
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1When 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.
2And it shall be, when ye draw nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
3and shall say unto them, Hear, O Israel, ye draw nigh this day unto battle against your enemies: let not your heart faint; fear not, nor tremble, neither be ye affrighted at them;
Josh 23:3
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3and ye have seen all that Jehovah your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for Jehovah your God, he it is that hath fought for you.
Josh 23:9-11
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9For Jehovah hath driven out from before you great nations and strong; but as for you, no man hath stood before you unto this day.
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Deut 31:5-6
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5And Jehovah will deliver them up before you, and ye shall do unto them according unto all the commandment which I have commanded you.
6Be strong and of good courage, fear not, nor be affrighted at them: for Jehovah thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Exod 14:14
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14Jehovah will fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
2 Chr 20:17
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17Ye shall not need to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of Jehovah with you, O Judah and Jerusalem; fear not, nor be dismayed: to-morrow go out against them: for Jehovah is with you.
Deut 31:8
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8And Jehovah, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
2 Kgs 17:39
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39but Jehovah your God shall ye fear; and he will deliver you out of the hand of all your enemies.
2 Chr 13:12
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12And, behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against Jehovah, the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
2 Chr 20:15
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25And Joshua said unto them, Fear not, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage: for thus shall Jehovah do to all your enemies against whom ye fight.
Deut 31:3
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3Jehovah thy God, he will go over before thee; he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt dispossess them: [and] Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as Jehovah hath spoken.
Deut 1:42
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42And Jehovah said unto me, Say unto them, Go not up, neither fight; for I am not among you; lest ye be smitten before your enemies.
Deut 23:14
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Jer 1:19
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9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of good courage; be not affrighted, neither be thou dismayed: for Jehovah thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Deut 7:21
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Deut 21:10
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Deut 4:38
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38to drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as at this day.
Josh 10:19
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19but stay not ye; pursue after your enemies, and smite the hindmost of them; suffer them not to enter into their cities: for Jehovah your God hath delivered them into your hand.
Josh 1:5
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5There shall not any man be able to stand before thee all the days of thy life: as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee; I will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Deut 9:3
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3Know therefore this day, that Jehovah thy God is he who goeth over before thee as a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will bring them down before thee: so shalt thou drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as Jehovah hath spoken unto thee.
Lev 26:7
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Isa 52:12
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12For ye shall not go out in haste, neither shall ye go by flight: for Jehovah will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rearward.
Exod 23:22-23
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22But if thou shalt indeed hearken unto his voice, and do all that I speak; then I will be an enemy unto thine enemies, and an adversary unto thine adversaries.
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Deut 3:18
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18And I commanded you at that time, saying, Jehovah your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all the men of valor.
Num 10:9
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9And when ye go to war in your land against the adversary that oppresseth you, then ye shall sound an alarm with the trumpets; and ye shall be remembered before Jehovah your God, and ye shall be saved from your enemies.
2 Chr 20:29
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29And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Jehovah fought against the enemies of Israel.
Deut 10:21
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21He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
Deut 4:31
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Deut 33:27
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Deut 4:20
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