Deuteronomy 1:30
28 Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; the cities are great and walled up to heaven; and moreover we have seen the sons of the Anakims there.
29 Then I said unto you, Dread not, neither be afraid of them.
The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.
32 Yet in this thing ye did not believe the LORD your God,
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- BSB
- The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt
- KJV
- The LORD your God which goeth before you, he shall fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes;
- WEB
- The LORD your God, who goes before you, he will fight for you, according to all that he did for you in Egypt before your eyes,
- ASV
- 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,
- DARBY
- 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;
- BLB
- YHWH your⁺ God goes before you⁺. He will fight for you⁺ according to all that He did for you⁺ in Egypt before your⁺ eyes,
- ÅB
- Herren deres Gud, som går foran dere, han skal stride for dere, slik som dere så han gjorde for dere i Egypt
- OTB
- Herren deres Gud, som går foran dere, vil kjempe for dere, slik som Han gjorde for dere i Egypt for deres øyne,
- B1930
- Herren eders Gud, som går foran eder, han skal stride for eder, således som I så han gjorde for eder i Egypten
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 14:14
The LORD shall fight for you, and ye shall hold your peace.
Read in contextNehemiah 4:20
In what place therefore ye hear the sound of the trumpet, resort ye thither unto us: our God shall fight for us.
Read in contextRomans 8:37
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
Read in contextRomans 8:31
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
Read in contextJoshua 10:42
And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 3:22
Ye shall not fear them: for the LORD your God he shall fight for you.
Read in context1 Samuel 17:45–46
Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Read in contextPsalms 46:11
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
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