Deuteronomy 20:4

Modern

For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”

Traditional

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

Literal

For YHWH your God is He who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”

Latin

…quia Dominus Deus vester in medio vestri est, et pro vobis contra adversarios dimicabit, ut eruat vos de periculo.

Hebrew

English

For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”

to fight for you: This promise shows that God starts wars, carries them out, and brings them to victory against his enemies.

The purpose of these wars was to remove enemies who refused to turn from evil and to protect his people from being corrupted (see 1:30).

Theme notes and profiles

Exodus 14:14
The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
Deuteronomy 3:22
Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”
Deuteronomy 1:30
The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt
Joshua 23:10
One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
Deuteronomy 11:25
No man will be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the fear and dread of you upon all the land, wherever you set foot, as He has promised you.
Romans 8:37
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
Psalm 144:1–2
Of David. Blessed be the LORD, my Rock, who trains my hands for war, my fingers for battle.
2 Chronicles 32:7–8
“Be strong and courageous! Do not be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater One with us than with him.
Deuteronomy 32:30
How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
2 Chronicles 13:12
Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”
Joshua 10:42
And because the LORD, the God of Israel, fought for Israel, Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign.