KJV King James Version
But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
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Judges 7:10
But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
But if you are afraid to do so, then go down to the camp with your servant Purah
WEB World English Bible
But if you are afraid to go down, go with Purah your servant down to the camp:
ASV American Standard Version
But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Purah thy servant down to the camp:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and if thou art afraid to go down—go down, thou and Phurah thy young man, unto the camp,
Surrounding context — Judges 7
7 And the LORD said unto Gideon, By the three hundred men that lapped will I save you, and deliver the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the [other] people go every man unto his place.
8 So the people took victuals in their hand, and their trumpets: and he sent all [the rest of] Israel every man unto his tent, and retained those three hundred men: and the host of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him, Arise, get thee down unto the host; for I have delivered it into thine hand.
10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thine hands be strengthened to go down unto the host. Then went he down with Phurah his servant unto the outside of the armed men that [were] in the host.
12 And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels [were] without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.
13 And when Gideon was come, behold, [there was] a man that told a dream unto his fellow, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the host of Midian, and came unto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and overturned it, that the tent lay along.
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Exodus 4:10-14And Moses said unto the LORD, O my Lord, I [am] not eloquent, neither heretofore, nor since thou hast spoken unto thy servant: but I [am] slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.Judges 4:8-9And Barak said unto her, If thou wilt go with me, then I will go: but if thou wilt not go with me, [then] I will not go.
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