Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall not be scared of them; for Yahweh your God is among you, a great and awesome God.
- KJV Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
- NKJV You shall not be terrified of them; for the Lord your God, the great and awesome God, is among you.
- NASB You are not to be terrified of them, because the Lord your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God.
- NLT “No, do not be afraid of those nations, for the Lord your God is among you, and he is a great and awesome God.
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Quick answer
Israel must not be terrified, for the great and awesome God is among them. God's presence dispels fear of any enemy.
Overview
The ground of courage is God's personal presence in the midst of his people. Because he is great and awesome, no foe is too strong. This presence-among-his-people theme reaches its climax in Immanuel, God with us, in whom believers find fearless assurance.
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Cross-references · 21
- Josh 3:10He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.
- Deut 10:17For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.
- Neh 1:5Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,
- Neh 9:32So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
- Neh 4:14After I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
- Ps 46:5God is within her; she will not be moved. God will help her when morning dawns.
- Isa 8:9–10Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
- 1 Cor 14:25and the secrets of his heart will be made known. So he will fall facedown and worship God, proclaiming, “God is truly among you!”
- Deut 25:8Then the elders of his city shall summon him and speak with him. If he persists and says, “I do not want to marry her,”
- Num 14:42Do not go up, lest you be struck down by your enemies, because the LORD is not among you.
- Num 23:21He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.
- 2 Chr 32:8With him is only the arm of flesh, but with us is the LORD our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people were strengthened by the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
- Num 14:14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have already heard that You, O LORD, are in the midst of this people, that You, O LORD, have been seen face to face, that Your cloud stands over them, and that You go before them in a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night.
- Num 16:3They came together against Moses and Aaron and told them, “You have taken too much upon yourselves! For everyone in the entire congregation is holy, and the LORD is in their midst. Why then do you exalt yourselves above the assembly of the LORD?”
- Num 14:9Only do not rebel against the LORD, and do not be afraid of the people of the land, for they will be like bread for us. Their protection has been removed, and the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them!”
- Num 9:20Sometimes the cloud remained over the tabernacle for only a few days, and they would camp at the LORD’s command and set out at the LORD’s command.
- 1 Sam 4:8Woe to us! Who will deliver us from the hand of these mighty gods? These are the gods who struck the Egyptians with all kinds of plagues in the wilderness.
- Zech 12:2–5“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.
- Ps 46:7The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
- Zech 2:10–11“Shout for joy and be glad, O Daughter of Zion, for I am coming to dwell among you,” declares the LORD.
- Ps 46:11The LORD of Hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah
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