Thou shalt not be affrighted at them: for the LORD thy God is among you, a mighty God and terrible.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall not be scared of them; for Yahweh your God is among you, a great and awesome God.
- BSB Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.
- 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 3:10And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
- Deut 10:17For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
- Neh 1:5And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
- Neh 9:32Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings of Assyria unto this day.
- Neh 4:14And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them: remember the LORD, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
- Ps 46:5God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved: God shall help her, and that right early.
- Isa 8:9–10Associate yourselves, O ye people, and ye shall be broken in pieces; and give ear, all ye of far countries: gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces; gird yourselves, and ye shall be broken in pieces.
- 1 Cor 14:25And thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
- Deut 25:8Then the elders of his city shall call him, and speak unto him: and if he stand to it, and say, I like not to take her;
- Num 14:42Go not up, for the LORD is not among you; that ye be not smitten before your enemies.
- Num 23:21He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
- 2 Chr 32:8With him is an arm of flesh; but with us is the LORD our God to help us, and to fight our battles. And the people rested themselves upon the words of Hezekiah king of Judah.
- Num 14:14And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou LORD art among this people, that thou LORD art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
- Num 16:3And they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take too much upon you, seeing all the congregation are holy, every one of them, and the LORD is among them: wherefore then lift ye up yourselves above the congregation of the LORD?
- Num 14:9Only rebel not ye against the LORD, neither fear ye the people of the land; for they are bread for us: their defence is departed from them, and the LORD is with us: fear them not.
- Num 9:20And so it was, when the cloud was a few days upon the tabernacle; according to the commandment of the LORD they abode in their tents, and according to the commandment of the LORD they journeyed.
- 1 Sam 4:8Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
- Zech 12:2–5Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of trembling unto all the people round about, when they shall be in the siege both against Judah and against Jerusalem.
- Ps 46:7The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
- Zech 2:10–11Sing and rejoice, O daughter of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will dwell in the midst of thee, saith the LORD.
- Ps 46:11The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
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