Deuteronomy 20:1 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹ “When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses and chariots, an army larger than your own, do not fear them, for the Lord your God is with you, who brought you up from the land of Egypt.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ When thou goest out to battle against thine enemies, and seest horses, and chariots, and a people more than thou, be not afraid of them: for the LORD thy God is with thee, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹ WHEN YOU go forth to battle against your enemies and see horses and chariots and an army greater than your own, do not be afraid of them, for the Lord your God, Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹ When 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.

Common English Bible

¹ When you march out to battle your enemies and you see horses, chariots, and a fighting force larger than yours, don’t be afraid of them, because the LORD your God, the one who brought you up from Egypt, is with you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹ "If you go out to battle against your enemies, and you see horsemen and chariots, and that the multitude of your adversary's army is greater than your own, you shall not fear them. For the Lord your God, who led you away from the land of Egypt, is with you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹ If thou go out to war against thy enemies, and see horsemen and chariots, and the numbers of the enemy's army greater than thine, thou shalt not fear them: because the Lord thy God is with thee, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 20:1 Cross References

Genesis 26:3

Reside in this land as an alien, and I will be with you and will bless you, for to you and to your descendants I will give all these lands, and I will fulfill the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

2 Chronicles 14:10

Asa went out to meet him, and they drew up their lines of battle in the valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.

2 Chronicles 14:11

Asa cried to the Lord his God, “O Lord, there is no difference for you between helping the mighty and the weak. Help us, O Lord our God, for we rely on you, and in your name we have come against this multitude. O Lord, you are our God; let no mortal prevail against you.”

2 Chronicles 20:12

O our God, will you not execute judgment upon them? For we are powerless against this great multitude that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”

2 Chronicles 20:15

He said, “Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says the Lord to you: Do not fear or be dismayed at this great multitude, for the battle is not yours but God’s.

Psalm 118:6

With the Lord on my side I do not fear. What can mortals do to me?

Psalm 20:7

Some take pride in chariots and some in horses, but our pride is in the name of the Lord our God.

Psalm 23:4

Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

Psalm 46:11

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

Psalm 46:7

The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah

Psalm 46:8

Come, behold the works of the Lord; see what desolations he has brought on the earth.

Exodus 20:2

“I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;

Isaiah 31:1

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and who rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are very strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the Lord!

Isaiah 41:10

do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God; I will strengthen you; I will help you; I will uphold you with my victorious right hand.

Isaiah 43:2

When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they shall not overwhelm you; when you walk through fire you shall not be burned, and the flame shall not consume you.

Isaiah 7:14

Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Look, the young woman is with child and shall bear a son and shall name him Immanuel.

Jeremiah 16:14

Therefore, the days are surely coming, says the Lord, when it shall no longer be said, “As the Lord lives who brought the people of Israel up out of the land of Egypt,”

Zechariah 10:5

Together they shall be like warriors in battle, trampling the foe in the mud of the streets; they shall fight, for the Lord is with them, and they shall put to shame the riders on horses.

Numbers 10:9

When you go to war in your land against the adversary who oppresses you, you shall sound an alarm with the trumpets, so that you may be remembered before the Lord your God and be saved from your enemies.

Numbers 23:21

He has not beheld misfortune in Jacob, nor has he seen trouble in Israel. The Lord their God is with them, acclaimed as a king among them.

Romans 8:31

What then are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

Deuteronomy 1:29

I said to you, ‘Have no dread or fear of them.

Deuteronomy 2:7

Surely the Lord your God has blessed you in all your undertakings; he knows your going through this great wilderness. These forty years the Lord your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.” ’

Deuteronomy 20:2

Before you engage in battle, the priest shall come forward and speak to the troops

Deuteronomy 20:3

and shall say to them, ‘Hear, O Israel! Today you are drawing near to do battle against your enemies. Do not lose heart or be afraid or panic or be in dread of them,

Deuteronomy 31:6

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.”

Deuteronomy 31:8

It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”

Deuteronomy 7:1

“When the Lord your God brings you into the land that you are about to enter and occupy and he clears away many nations before you—the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations more numerous and mightier than you—

Deuteronomy 7:18

do not be afraid of them. Just remember what the Lord your God did to Pharaoh and to all Egypt,

Deuteronomy 7:21

Have no dread of them, for the Lord your God, who is present with you, is a great and awesome God.

Deuteronomy 9:3

Know, then, today that the Lord your God is the one who crosses over before you as a devouring fire; he will defeat them and subdue them before you, so that you may dispossess and destroy them quickly, as the Lord has promised you.

Joshua 1:5

No one shall be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will not fail you or forsake you.

Joshua 1:9

I hereby command you: Be strong and courageous; do not be frightened or dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.”

Joshua 11:9

And Joshua did to them as the Lord had commanded him; he hamstrung their horses and burned their chariots with fire.

Judges 6:12

The angel of the Lord appeared to him and said to him, “The Lord is with you, you mighty warrior.”

Judges 6:16

The Lord said to him, “But I will be with you, and you shall strike down the Midianites, every one of them.”

1 Samuel 17:32

David said to Saul, “Let no one’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”