Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And 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.
- BSB Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”
- NKJV And Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go!”
- NASB Then Barak said to her, “If you will go with me, then I will go; but if you will not go with me, I will not go.”
- NLT Barak told her, “I will go, but only if you go with me.”
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- Exod 4:10–14Moses said to Yahweh, “O Lord, I am not eloquent, neither before now, nor since you have spoken to your servant; for I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.”
- Matt 14:30–31But when he saw that the wind was strong, he was afraid, and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, “Lord, save me!”
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