Deuteronomy 1:30
in Deuteronomy 1The LORD your God, who goes before you, will fight for you, just as you saw Him do for you in Egypt
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
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,
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;
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This verse in Deuteronomy 1
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe Lord - shall fight for you - In the Targum of Onkelos, it is, the Word of the Lord shall fight for you. In a great number of places the Targums or Chaldee paraphrases use the term מימרא דיי meimera dayeya or Yehovah, the Word of the Lord, exactly in the same way in which St. John uses the term Λογος Logos in the first chapter of his Gospel. Many instances of this have already occurred.
This site's exposition
Then I said unto you, Dread not
on Deuteronomy 1:29-31
The answer Moses gave was that God fights, and the evidence offered was Egypt, which they had watched with their own eyes. Verse 31 then changes the figure, the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, which is a father carrying a tired child rather than a captain leading troops. Acts 13:18 looks back on the same forty years, and a body of Greek manuscripts there reads a verb meaning to carry as a nurse carries a child, which is what the Septuagint has at this verse, while other manuscripts read the verb behind the King James rendering that he suffered their manners.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The Lord your God, which goeth before you,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
ye came . . . and said, We will send men before us, and they shall search us out the land--The proposal to despatch spies emanated from the people through unbelief; but Moses, believing them sincere, gave his cordial assent to this measure, and God on being consulted permitted them to follow the suggestion (see on Nu 13:1).
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The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוָ֤ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙ | ʾeloheikhem | God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| הַהֹלֵ֣ךְ | haholekh | [is] the [one who] goes | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם | lifneikhem | <to> before you | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| ה֖וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| יִלָּחֵ֣ם | yilachem | he will fight | H3898 → | 177 times |
| לָכֶ֑ם | lakhem | for you | ||
| כְּ֠כֹל | kekhol | according to all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֧ה | ʾasah | he did | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אִתְּכֶ֛ם | ʾitekhem | with you | H854 → | 929 times |
| בְּמִצְרַ֖יִם | bemitzrayim | in Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| לְעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃ | leeineikhem | to eyes your | H5869 → | 887 times |
יְהוָ֤הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶם֙God your
ʾeloheikhemH430 →2601 times
הַהֹלֵ֣ךְ[is] the [one who] goes
haholekhH1980 →1546 times
לִפְנֵיכֶ֔ם<to> before you
lifneikhemH6440 →2123 times
ה֖וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
יִלָּחֵ֣םhe will fight
yilachemH3898 →177 times
לָכֶ֑םfor you
lakhem
כְּ֠כֹלaccording to all
kekholH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֧הhe did
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
אִתְּכֶ֛םwith you
ʾitekhemH854 →929 times
בְּמִצְרַ֖יִםin Egypt
bemitzrayimH4714 →641 times
לְעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃to eyes your
leeineikhemH5869 →887 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Romans 8:31What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
it leads to
- 1 John 4:4
You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 118:6
The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Jeremiah 1:19
They will fight against you but will never overcome you, since I am with you to deliver you,” declares the LORD.
- Psalms 56:11
in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- Isaiah 54:17
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the…
- 1 John 4:4
Through
Exodus 14:14The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 20:4
For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Chronicles 20:17
You need not fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid or discouraged. Go out…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 3:22
Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”
- Deuteronomy 20:4
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.