Deuteronomy 20:8
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.”
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.
Note faint: Heb. melt
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.”
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.
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Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- fearful
- Deuteronomy 1:28; Deuteronomy 23:9; Judges 7:3; Luke 9:62; Acts 15:37, 38; Revelation 3:16; Revelation 21:8
- lest his brethren's
- Numbers 13:31–33; Numbers 14:1–3; Numbers 32:9; 1 Corinthians 15:33
- faint
- Heb. melt.
- Deuteronomy 1:28; Exodus 15:15