Deuteronomy 20:8

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

`And the authorities have added to speak unto the people, and said, Who `is' the man that is afraid and tender of heart? -- let him go and turn back to his house, and the heart of his brethren doth not melt like his heart;

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  • Deut 1:28 : 28 whither are we going up? our brethren have melted our heart, saying, A people greater and taller than we, cities great and fenced to heaven, and also sons of Anakim -- we have seen there.
  • Judg 7:3 : 3 and now, call, I pray thee, in the ears of the people, saying, Whoso `is' afraid and trembling, let him turn back and go early from mount Gilead;' and there turn back of the people twenty and two thousand, and ten thousand have been left.
  • Acts 15:37-38 : 37 And Barnabas counseled to take with `them' John called Mark, 38 and Paul was not thinking it good to take him with them who withdrew from them from Pamphylia, and did not go with them to the work;
  • Rev 21:8 : 8 and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part `is' in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'
  • Rev 3:16 : 16 So -- because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to vomit thee out of my mouth;
  • Luke 9:62 : 62 and Jesus said unto him, `No one having put his hand on a plough, and looking back, is fit for the reign of God.'
  • Deut 23:9 : 9 `When a camp goeth out against thine enemies, then thou hast kept from every evil thing.
  • Exod 15:15 : 15 Then have chiefs of Edom been troubled: Mighty ones of Moab -- Trembling doth seize them! Melted have all inhabitants of Canaan!
  • Num 13:31-14:3 : 31 And the men who have gone up with him said, `We are not able to go up against the people, for it `is' stronger than we;' 32 and they bring out an evil account of the land which they have spied unto the sons of Israel, saying, `The land into which we passed over to spy it, is a land eating up its inhabitants; and all the people whom we saw in its midst `are' men of stature; 33 and there we saw the Nephilim, sons of Anak, of the Nephilim; and we are in our own eyes as grasshoppers; and so we were in their eyes.' 1 And all the company lifteth up and give forth their voice, and the people weep during that night; 2 and all the sons of Israel murmur against Moses, and against Aaron, and all the company say unto them, `O that we had died in the land of Egypt, or in this wilderness, O that we had died! 3 and why is Jehovah bringing us in unto this land to fall by the sword? our wives and our infants are become a prey; is it not good for us to turn back to Egypt?'
  • Num 32:9 : 9 and they go up unto the valley of Eshcol, and see the land, and discourage the heart of the sons of Israel so as not to go in unto the land which Jehovah hath given to them;
  • 1 Cor 15:33 : 33 Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

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    9and it hath come to pass as the authorities finish to speak unto the people, that they have appointed princes of the hosts at the head of the people.

  • Deut 20:1-7
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    1`When thou goest out to battle against thine enemy, and hast seen horse and chariot -- a people more numerous than thou -- thou art not afraid of them, for Jehovah thy God `is' with thee, who is bringing thee up out of the land of Egypt;

    2and it hath been, in your drawing near unto the battle, that the priest hath come nigh, and spoken unto the people,

    3and said unto them, Hear, Israel, ye are drawing near to-day to battle against your enemies, let not your hearts be tender, fear not, nor make haste, nor be terrified at their presence,

    4for Jehovah your God `is' He who is going with you, to fight for you with your enemies -- to save you.

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    3and now, call, I pray thee, in the ears of the people, saying, Whoso `is' afraid and trembling, let him turn back and go early from mount Gilead;' and there turn back of the people twenty and two thousand, and ten thousand have been left.

  • 2 Sam 17:10
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    10and he also, the son of valour, whose heart `is' as the heart of the lion, doth utterly melt, for all Israel doth know that thy father is a hero, and sons of valour `are' those with him.

  • Josh 8:5-6
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    70%

    5and I and all the people who `are' with me draw near unto the city, and it hath come to pass when they come out to meet us as at the first, and we have fled before them,

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    6be strong and courageous, fear not, nor be terrified because of them, for Jehovah thy God `is' He who is going with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee.'

  • Josh 10:25
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    25And Joshua saith unto them, `Fear not, nor be affrighted; be strong and courageous; for thus doth Jehovah do to all your enemies with whom ye are fighting;'

  • Deut 1:28-29
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    28whither are we going up? our brethren have melted our heart, saying, A people greater and taller than we, cities great and fenced to heaven, and also sons of Anakim -- we have seen there.

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  • Judg 7:10-11
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    10and if thou art afraid to go down -- go down, thou and Phurah thy young man, unto the camp,

    11and thou hast heard what they speak, and afterwards are thy hands strengthened, and thou hast gone down against the camp.' And he goeth down, he and Phurah his young man, unto the extremity of the fifties who `are' in the camp;

  • Neh 4:14
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    14And I see, and rise up, and say unto the freemen, and unto the prefects, and unto the rest of the people, `Be not afraid of them; the Lord, the great and the fearful, remember ye, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.'

  • 1 Chr 19:13
    70%

    13be strong, and we strengthen ourselves, for our people, and for the cities of our God, and Jehovah doth that which is good in His eyes.'

  • Isa 13:7
    70%

    7Therefore, all hands do fail, And every heart of man doth melt.

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    9`Have not I commanded thee? be strong and courageous; be not terrified nor affrighted, for with thee `is' Jehovah thy God in every `place' whither thou goest.'

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    8and Jehovah `is' He who is going before thee, He himself is with thee; He doth not fail thee nor forsake thee; fear not, nor be affrighted.'

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  • 2 Chr 25:8
    69%

    8but if thou art going -- do `it', be strong for battle, God doth cause thee to stumble before an enemy, for there is power in God to help, and to cause to stumble.'

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    25Go not forth to the field, And in the way walk not, For a sword hath the enemy, fear `is' round about.

  • 1 Sam 17:32
    68%

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  • 1 Sam 23:3
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    20And Moses saith unto them, `If ye do this thing: if ye are armed before Jehovah for battle,

  • Josh 2:11
    68%

    11And we hear, and melt doth our heart, and there hath not stood any more spirit in `any' man, from your presence, for Jehovah your God, He `is' God in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath.

  • 2 Chr 20:15
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    15and he saith, `Attend, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and O king Jehoshaphat, Thus said Jehovah to you, Ye fear not, nor are afraid of the face of this great multitude, for not for you `is' the battle, but for God.

  • Josh 1:18
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    18Any man who doth provoke thy mouth, and doth not hear thy words, in all that thou dost command him, is put to death; only, be strong and courageous.'

  • 2 Sam 18:3
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  • 1 Sam 4:9
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    9Strengthen yourselves, and become men, O Philistines, lest ye do service to Hebrews, as they have done to you -- then ye have become men, and have fought.'

  • Deut 1:42
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    42and Jehovah saith unto me, Say to them, Ye do not go up, nor fight, for I am not in your midst, and ye are not smitten before your enemies.

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    8And Jehovah saith unto Joshua, `Be not afraid of them, for into thy hand I have given them, there doth not stand a man of them in thy presence.'

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    24and who doth hearken to you in this thing? for as the portion of him who was brought down into battle, so also `is' the portion of him who is abiding by the vessels -- alike they share.'

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    36`And those who are left of you -- I have also brought a faintness into their heart in the lands of their enemies, and the sound of a leaf driven away hath pursued them, and they have fled -- flight from a sword -- and they have fallen, and there is none pursuing.

  • Num 32:27
    68%

    27and thy servants pass over, every armed one of the host, before Jehovah, to battle, as my lord is saying.'

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    7As mighty ones they run, As men of war they go up a wall, And each in his own ways they do go, And they embarrass not their paths.

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    22And the people, the men of Israel, strengthen themselves, and add to set the battle in array in the place where they arranged themselves on the first day.

  • 1 Sam 17:24
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    24and all the men of Israel when they see the man flee from his presence, and are greatly afraid.

  • 2 Chr 20:17
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    17Not for you to fight in this; station yourselves, stand, and see the salvation of Jehovah with you, O Judah and Jerusalem -- be not afraid nor fear ye -- to-morrow go out before them, and Jehovah `is' with you.'

  • Judg 20:2
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    2And the chiefs of all the people, of all the tribes of Israel, station themselves in the assembly of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen drawing sword.