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.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Lorsque tu iras à la guerre contre tes ennemis, et que tu verras des chevaux et des chars, et un peuple plus nombreux que toi, tu ne les craindras point; car l'Eternel, ton Dieu, qui t'a fait monter du pays d'Egypte, est avec toi.
KJV
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.
Philo Judaeus
De Agricultura
ἐχθρούς σου καὶ ἴδῃς ἵππον καὶ ἀναβάτην καὶ λαὸν πλείονα, οὐ φοβηθήσῃ, ὅτι κύριος ὁ θεὸς μετὰ σοῦ“ (Deut. 20,1)· θυμοῦ γὰρ καὶ ἐπιθυμίας καὶ συνόλως ἁπάντων παθῶν, πασῶν δὲ καὶ 1 ἐπιθυμίαι L 6 οὖν καὶ ἀπὸ Α 8 πλημμελῆ GH2: πλημμελεῖ MA(H1) ποιεῖ τὸν Α 11 τοῦ δίφρου coni. Mang. 12…
Philo Judaeus
De Migratione Abrahami
βηθήσῃ ἀπ’ αὐτῶν“· εἷς γὰρ ὢν ἑνὶ τῷ πάντων ἡγεμόνι χρήσῃ συμμάχῳ, „ὅτι κύριος ὁ θεός σου μετὰ σοῦ“ (Deut. 20, 1). τούτου γὰρ ἡ σύνοδος καθαιρεῖ πολέμους, εἰρήνην ἀνοικοδομεῖ, τὰ πολλὰ καὶ συνήθη κακὰ ἀνατρέπει, τὸ σπάνιον καὶ θεοφιλὲς γένος ἀνασῴζει, ᾧ πᾶς ὁ γενόμενος ὑπήκοος μι…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 125 (Migne)
. 0841A] habes adversarii exercitus multitudinem, non timebis eos, quia Dominus Deus tuus tecum est (Deut. XX, 1) . Bellum necessitas faciat, ut, sopita discordia, pax recuperari possit. Hoc ergo studio regi praelium gerendum est. Rex, appropinquante praelio, exercitui suo verba…
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