When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then go out to battle, for God will have gone out ahead of you to strike down the army of the Philistines.’
Deuteronomy 20:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised For the Lord your God is the one who goes with you to fight for you against your enemies to give you victory.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 will have gone out ahead of you to strike down the army of the Philistines.’
Look, God and his priests are with us at our head. The trumpets are ready to sound the charge against you. Israelites, don’t fight against the Lord God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed.’
No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
The Lord your God who goes before you will fight for you, just as you saw him do for you in Egypt.
No one will be able to stand against you; the Lord your God will put fear and dread of you in all the land where you set foot, as he has promised you.
Be strong and courageous; don’t be terrified or afraid of them. For the Lord your God is the one who will go with you; he will not leave you or abandon you.’
How could one pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the Lord had given them up?
As they fled before Israel, the Lord threw large hailstones on them from the sky along the descent of Beth-horon all the way to Azekah, and they died. More of them died from the hail than the Israelites killed with the sword.
Joshua captured all these kings and their land in one campaign, because the Lord, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
One of you routed a thousand because the Lord your God was fighting for you, as he promised. ,
So the Lord saved Israel that day. The battle extended beyond Beth-aven,