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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.”

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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 No LEB DEU book available

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.

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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.
(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 melt as his heart. )

SLT And the scribes shall add to speak to the people, and they said, What man was afraid and cast down of heart? he shall go and turn back to his house, and he shall not melt his brother’s heart 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 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 [fn]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 fearful and faint hearted? let him go and return unto his house, lest his brethren/brotherss heart faint as well as his heart.)

20:8 Hebr. melt.

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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. )

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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 saytis addent reliqua, and loquentur to the_people: Who it_is human I'm_afraidlosus, and heart pavido? vadat, and revertatur in/into/on home his_own, not pavere let_him_do hearts brothers of_his_own, like exactly_that/himself with_fear perterritus it_is. )

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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_of,his and=not melt DOM heart_of brothers_of,his like,heart_of,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

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