When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then go out to battle, for God has gone out before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.”
Deuteronomy 20:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 for it is the Lord your God who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to give you victory.’ More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 for the LORD your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For the Lord your God is He Who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to save you. [I Sam. 17:45.] American Standard Version (1901) for Jehovah your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you. Common English Bible because the LORD your God is going with you to fight your enemies for you and to save you.” Catholic Public Domain Version For the Lord your God is in your midst, and he will contend against your enemies on your behalf, so that he may rescue you from peril.' Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because the Lord your God is in the midst of you, and will fight for you against your enemies, to deliver you from danger. |
When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then go out to battle, for God has gone out before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.”
See, God is with us at our head, and his priests have their battle trumpets to sound the call to battle against you. O Israelites, do not fight against the Lord, the God of your ancestors, for you cannot succeed.”
No, in all these things we are more than victorious through him who loved us.
The Lord your God, who goes before you, is the one who will fight for you, just as he did for you in Egypt before your very eyes
No one will be able to stand against you; the Lord your God will put the fear and dread of you on all the land on which you set foot, as he promised you.
Be strong and bold; have no fear or dread of them, because it is the Lord your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you.”
How could one have routed a thousand and two put a myriad to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, the Lord had given them up?
As they fled before Israel, while they were going down the slope of Beth-horon, the Lord threw down huge stones from heaven on them as far as Azekah, and they died; there were more who died because of the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.
Joshua took all these kings and their land at one time because the Lord God of Israel fought for Israel.
One of you puts to flight a thousand, since it is the Lord your God who fights for you, as he promised you.
So the Lord gave Israel the victory that day. The battle passed beyond Beth-aven, and the troops with Saul numbered altogether about ten thousand men. The battle spread out over the hill country of Ephraim.