But if you are afraid to go down, go with Purah your servant down to the camp.
Parallel translations
- KJV But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:
- BSB But if you are afraid to do so, then go down to the camp with your servant Purah
- NKJV But if you are afraid to go down, go down to the camp with Purah your servant,
- NASB But if you are afraid to go down, go with Purah your servant down to the camp,
- NLT But if you are afraid to attack, go down to the camp with your servant Purah.
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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.”
- Judg 4:8–9Barak 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.”
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