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JPS Old Testament

Judges 7:10

But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Purah thy servant down to the camp.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Courage;   Phurah;   Pitcher;   Trumpet;   War;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Gideon;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Esdraelon;   Moreh, the Hill of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Arabia;   Phurah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Judges, Book of;   Purah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Levi;   Midian, Mtdianites;   Ophrah;   Purah;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Barley;   Phurah ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Jerubbaal;   Phurah;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Armageddon;   Gideon;   Harod;   Midian;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Phu'rah;   War;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Reign of the Judges;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Divide;   Purah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But if you are afraid to attack the camp, go down with Purah your servant.
Hebrew Names Version
But if you fear to go down, go you with Purah your servant down to the camp:
King James Version
But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
Lexham English Bible
But if you are afraid, go down to the camp with Purah your servant,
English Standard Version
But if you are afraid to go down, go down to the camp with Purah your servant.
New Century Version
But if you are afraid to go down, take your servant Purah with you.
New English Translation
But if you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with Purah your servant
Amplified Bible
"But if you are afraid to go down [by yourself], go with Purah your servant down to the camp,
New American Standard Bible
"But if you are afraid to go down, go with Purah your servant down to the camp,
Geneva Bible (1587)
But if thou feare to go downe, then go thou, and Phurah thy seruant downe to the hoste,
Legacy Standard Bible
But these men blaspheme the things which they do not understand; and the things which they know by instinct, like unreasoning animals, by these things they are destroyed.
Contemporary English Version
but if you're still afraid, you and your servant Purah should sneak down to their camp.
Complete Jewish Bible
But if you are afraid to attack, go down with your servant Purah;
Darby Translation
And if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the camp;
Easy-to-Read Version
If you are afraid to go alone, take your servant Purah with you. Go into the camp of the Midianites.
George Lamsa Translation
But if you fear to go down, go down with Pera your servant to the army camp;
Good News Translation
But if you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah.
Literal Translation
And if you are afraid to go down, you and your young man Phurah go down to the camp.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But yf thou be afrayed to go downe, then let yi seruaunt Pura go downe with the vnto the hoost,
American Standard Version
But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Purah thy servant down to the camp:
Bible in Basic English
But if you have fear of going down, take your servant Purah with you and go down to the tents;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But and if thou feare to go downe, then go thou and Phara thy ladde downe to the hoast.
King James Version (1611)
But if thou feare to goe downe, goe thou with Phurah thy seruant downe to the hoste.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And if thou art afraid to go down, go down thou and thy servant Phara into the camp.
English Revised Version
But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Purah thy servant down to the camp:
Berean Standard Bible
But if you are afraid to do so, then go down to the camp with your servant Purah
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
sotheli if thou dredist to go aloon, Phara, thi child, go doun with thee.
Young's Literal Translation
and if thou art afraid to go down -- go down, thou and Phurah thy young man, unto the camp,
Update Bible Version
But if you fear to go down, you and Purah your attendant go down to the camp:
Webster's Bible Translation
But if thou fearest to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
World English Bible
But if you fear to go down, go you with Purah your servant down to the camp:
New King James Version
But if you are afraid to go down, go down to the camp with Purah your servant,
New Living Translation
But if you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah.
New Life Bible
But if you are afraid to go down, go with your servant Purah down to their tents.
New Revised Standard
But if you fear to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Or, if, thou, art afraid to go down, go down - thou and Purah thy young man, unto the camp;
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if thou be afraid to go alone, let Phara, thy servant, go down with thee.
Revised Standard Version
But if you fear to go down, go down to the camp with Purah your servant;
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But if you are afraid to go down, go with Purah your servant down to the camp,

Contextual Overview

9 And it came to pass the same night, that the LORD said unto him: 'Arise, get thee down upon the camp; for I have delivered it into thy hand. 10 But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Purah thy servant down to the camp. 11 And thou shalt hear what they say; and afterward shall thy hands be strengthened to go down upon the camp.' Then went he down with Purah his servant unto the outermost part of the armed men that were in the camp. 12 Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is upon the sea-shore for multitude. 13 And when Gideon was come, behold, there was a man telling a dream unto his follow, and saying: 'Behold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled into the camp of Midian, and came unto the tent, and smote it that it fell, and turned it upside down, that the tent lay flat.' 14 And his fellow answered and said: 'This is nothing else save the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man of Israel: into his hand God hath delivered Midian, and all the host.' 15 And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped; and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said: 'Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.'

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Judges 4:8, Judges 4:9, Exodus 4:10-14

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 26:6 - Who will go Acts 10:7 - two

Cross-References

Genesis 6:17
And I, behold, I do bring the flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath of life, from under heaven; every thing that is in the earth shall perish.
Genesis 7:4
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I blot out from off the face of the earth.'
Genesis 7:17
And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.
Genesis 7:20
Fifteen cubits upward did the waters prevail; and the mountains were covered.
Job 22:16
Who were snatched away before their time, whose foundation was poured out as a stream;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But if thou fear to go down,.... With his little army, to attack a numerous host in the night, then he is directed to take this step first:

go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host; in a private manner; perhaps this man was his aid-de-camp, or however a trusty servant in whom he could confide, as well as valiant: more it was not proper to take in such a secret expedition, and the fewer the better to trust, and less liable to the observation of the enemy; and yet it was proper to have one with him, being company and animating, and who would be a witness with him of what should be heard; in like manner, and for like reasons, as Diomedes and Ulysses went into the Trojan army y.

y Homer. Iliad. 10. ver. 222, &c.


 
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