King James Version
Deuteronomy 20:4 in the King James Version says “For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.”
Deuteronomy 20:4 · KJV
And it shall be, when ye are come nigh unto the battle, that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people,
And 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; faint: Heb. be tender tremble: Heb. make haste
For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save 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 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. eaten: Heb. made it common
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“your God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“is he that goeth”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
“to save”
H3467properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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