King James Version

Judges 7:10

But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:

Study

Hebrew

Tap a word to see its meaning. Words run left to right in English reading order.

וְאִםveimand oh thatאִםconjunction, conjunction — “and oh that”H518used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not(and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), t…יָרֵ֥אyareafraidיָרֵאverb, qal, participle, absolute — “afraid”, a verb used as a describing wordH3373fearing; morally, reverentafraid, fear (-ful).אַתָּ֖הatahtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.לָרֶ֑דֶתlaredetto bring downיָרַדpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to bring down”, the to-form of the verbH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…רֵ֥דredbring downיָרַדverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “bring down”, a commandH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…אַתָּ֛הatahtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.וּפֻרָ֥הufurahand Phurahפֻּרָהconjunction, noun, proper name — “and Phurah”H6513Purah, an IsraelitePhurah.נַעַרְךָ֖naarkhaboyנַעַרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “boy”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5288(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽהhamachanehthe armyמַחֲנֶהdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the army”, the ordinary formH4264an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sacred courts)army, band, battle, camp, company, drove, host, tents.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

Compare Public-Domain Translations

The King James Version remains the text of this page and the canonical URL.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

and if thou art afraid to go down — go down, thou and Phurah thy young man, unto the camp,

World English Bible

But if you are afraid to go down, go with Purah your servant down to the camp.

Darby Translation

And if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the camp;

Douay-Rheims

But if thou be afraid to go alone, let Phara thy servant go down with thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And if thou art afraid to go down, go down thou and thy servant Phara into the camp.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ εἰ φοβῇ σὺ καταβῆναι, κατάβηθι σὺ καὶ Φαρὰ τὸ παιδάριόν σου εἰς τὴν παρεμβολὴν,