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BrLXX Καὶ προσθήσουσιν οἱ γραμματεῖς λαλῆσαι πρὸς τὸν λαὸν, καὶ ἐροῦσι, τίς ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὁ φοβούμενος καὶ δειλὸς τῇ καρδίᾳ; πορευέσθω καὶ ἀποστραφήτω εἰς τὴν οἰκίαν αὐτοῦ, ἵνα μὴ δειλιάνῃ τὴν καρδίαν τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ αὐτοῦ, ὥσπερ ἡ αὐτοῦ.
(Kai prosthaʸsousin hoi grammateis lalaʸsai pros ton laon, kai erousi, tis ho anthrōpos ho foboumenos kai deilos taʸ kardia; poreuesthō kai apostrafaʸtō eis taʸn oikian autou, hina maʸ deilianaʸ taʸn kardian tou adelfou autou, hōsper haʸ autou. )

BrTr And the scribes shall speak further to the people, and say, What man is he that fears and is cowardly in his heart? Let him go and return to his house, lest he make the heart of his brother fail, as his own.

ULT And the officers shall continue to speak to the people and say, ‘Who is the man who fears and is soft of heart? Let him go and return to his house, and the heart of his brother will not melt like his heart.’

UST Then the officers must also say, ‘If anyone among you is afraid or timid, he should go home, in order that he does not cause his fellow soldiers to also stop being courageous.’

BSB § Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”

OEB No OEB DEU book available

WEBBE The officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, “What man is there who is fearful and faint-hearted? Let him go and return to his house, lest his brother’s heart melt as his heart.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET In addition, the officers are to say to the troops, “Who among you is afraid and fainthearted? He may go home so that he will not make his fellow soldier’s heart as fearful as his own.”

LSV And the authorities have added to speak to the people and said, Who [is] the man that is afraid and tender of heart? Let him go and return to his house, and the heart of his brothers does not melt like his heart.

FBV The officers are also to tell the army, “Is there any man here who is afraid or nervous? He can go home, so he won't affect his fellow-soldiers and make them as frightened as himself.”

T4T “Then the officers must also say, ‘If anyone among you is afraid or timid [RHQ], he should go home, in order that he does not cause his fellow soldiers to also stop being courageous.’

LEB And the officials shall continue to speak to the troops, and they shall say, ‘What man[fn] is afraid and disheartened?[fn] Let him go, and let him return to his house, and let him not cause the heart of his brothers to melt[fn] like his.’

20:8 Literally “Who is the man”

20:8 Literally “and soft/weak of the heart”

20:8 The verb has a causal meaning here

BBE And let the overseers go on to say to the people, If there is any man whose heart is feeble with fear, let him go back to his house before he makes the hearts of his countrymen feeble.

Moff No Moff DEU book available

JPS And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say: 'What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart melt as his heart.'

ASV And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart melt as his heart.

DRA After these things are declared they shall add the rest, and shall speak to the people: What man is there that is fearful, and faint hearted? let him go, and return to his house, lest he make the hearts of his brethren to fear, as he himself is possessed with fear.

YLT '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;

Drby And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and shall say, What man is there that is timid and faint-hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren's heart melt as well as his heart.

RV And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart melt as his heart.

Wbstr And the officers shall speak further to the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted? let him go and return to his house, lest his brethren's heart should faint as well as his heart.

KJB-1769 And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren’s heart faint as well as his heart.[fn]
(And the officers shall speak further unto the people, and they shall say, What man is there that is fearful and fainthearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren/brothers’s heart faint as well as his heart. )

20.8 faint: Heb. melt

KJB-1611 [fn][fn]And the Officers shall speake further vnto the people: and they shall say, What man is there that is fearefull and faint hearted? let him goe and returne vnto his house, lest his brethrens heart faint as well as his heart.
(And the Officers shall speak further unto the people: and they shall say, What man is there that is fearefull and faint hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren/brotherss heart faint as well as his heart.)

20:8 Iudg. 7.3.

20:8 Hebr. melt.

Bshps And let the officers speake further vnto the people, and say: If any man feare and be faynt hearted, let hym go & returne vnto his house, lest he make his brothers heart faynt as well as his.
(And let the officers speak further unto the people, and say: If any man fear and be faint hearted, let him go and return unto his house, lest he make his brothers heart faint as well as his.)

Gnva And let the officers speake further vnto the people, and say, Whosoeuer is afrayde and faynt hearted, let him go and returne vnto his house, least his brethrens heart faynt like his heart.
(And let the officers speak further unto the people, and say, Whosoever is afraid and faint hearted, let him go and return unto his house, least his brethren/brotherss heart faint like his heart. )

Cvdl And the captaines shal speake further vnto the people, and saye: He that feareth and hath a faynte hert, lett him go, and byde at home, that he make not his brethrens hert fainte also, like as his hert is.
(And the captains shall speak further unto the people, and say: He that feareth and hath/has a faint heart, lett him go, and bide/stay at home, that he make not his brethren/brotherss heart fainte also, like as his heart is.)

Wycl Whanne these thingis ben seid, thei schulen adde othere thingis, and schulen speke to the peple, Who is a ferdful man, and of gastful herte? go he, and turne ayen in to his hows, lest he make `the hertis of his britheren for to drede, as he is agast bi drede.
(When these things been said, they should add other things, and should speak to the peple, Who is a ferdful man, and of gastful herte? go he, and turn again in to his house, lest he make `the hearts of his brethren/brothers for to drede, as he is agast by drede.)

Luth Und die Amtleute sollen weiter mit dem Volk reden und sprechen: Welcher sich fürchtet und ein verzagtes Herz hat, der gehe hin und bleibe daheim, auf daß er nicht auch seiner Brüder Herz feige mache, wie sein Herz ist.
(And the Amtleute sollen further with to_him people reden and sprechen: Welcher itself/yourself/themselves fürchtet and a verzagtes heart has, the/of_the go there and stay daheim, on that he not also his brothers heart feige mache, like his heart is.)

ClVg His dictis addent reliqua, et loquentur ad populum: Quis est homo formidolosus, et corde pavido? vadat, et revertatur in domum suam, ne pavere faciat corda fratrum suorum, sicut ipse timore perterritus est.
(His dictis addent reliqua, and loquentur to the_people: Who it_is human formidolosus, and corde pavido? vadat, and revertatur in home his_own, not pavere let_him_do corda brothers suorum, like exactly_that/himself timore perterritus it_is. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

Moses continues describing situations that allow a man to leave the military.

(Occurrence 0) What man is there who is fearful or fainthearted? Let him go and return to his house

(Some words not found in UHB: and,continue the,officers to,speak to/towards the,people and,say who? the=man the,afraid and,faint_of the,heart go and,return to,house,his and=not melt DOM heart brothers,his like,heart,his )

Alternate translation: “If any soldier here is afraid and not brave, he should go back to his house”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

(Occurrence 0) fearful or fainthearted

Both of these words mean basically the same thing. Alternate translation: “afraid to fight in battle”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

(Occurrence 0) his brother’s heart does not melt like his own heart

This is an idiom. Alternate translation: “another Israelite does not become afraid like he is afraid”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) brother’s heart … his own heart

Here “heart” represents a person’s courage.

Parallel DEU 20:8

General Information: