The Meaning of Judges 7:10 Explained

Judges 7:10

KJV: But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:

YLT: and if thou art afraid to go down -- go down, thou and Phurah thy young man, unto the camp,

Darby: But if you fear to go down, go down to the camp with Purah your servant;

ASV: But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Purah thy servant down to the camp:

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What is the context of Judges 7:10?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But if thou fear to go down, go thou with Phurah thy servant down to the host:

What does Judges 7:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Judges 7:9-23 - The Sword Of Jehovah And Of Gideon

Gideon asked for the sign of the fleece, but God, without his asking, gave him that of the barley-cake. It was only barley-bread, the cheapest and commonest kind of food, but it overthrew a tent. Gideon was quick to recognize the symbol of his weakness and helplessness, but he recognized also the presage of victory. Lying there in the moonless night, with his head toward that tent, he worshiped and hastened back to his camp. We remember what Jesus made of barley-loaves. See John 6:9; John 6:13.

The blare of the trumpets, the breaking of the pitchers, the flashing of the lights, and the shouting from three sides of the camp startled the sleeping host into panic. Surely this scene was in Paul's thought when he said that God's light had shone forth on the midnight darkness of that age; and then confessed that the light was contained in the earthen vessel of mortality, "that the excellency of the power might be of God." Let us not be too greatly disturbed when the sorrows and persecutions of earth break up our peace and strength-this is the breaking of the earthen vessel. Our business must be to see that the torch burns within, 2 Corinthians 4:6, etc. [source]

Chapter Summary: Judges 7

¹ Gideon's army of thirty-two thousand is brought to three hundred
⁹ He is encouraged by the dream and interpretation of the burley cake
¹⁶ His plan of trumpets and lamps in pitchers
²⁴ The Ephraimites take Oreb and Zeeb

What do the individual words in Judges 7:10 mean?

But if are afraid you to go down go down and Purah your servant to the camp

וְאִם־ יָרֵ֥א אַתָּ֖ה לָרֶ֑דֶת רֵ֥ד וּפֻרָ֥ה נַעַרְךָ֖ אֶל־ הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה

וְאִם־	But if
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction Root: אִם Sense: if.
יָרֵ֥א	are afraid
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular Root: יָרֵא Sense: fearing, reverent, afraid.
לָרֶ֑דֶת	to go down
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: יָרַד Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
רֵ֥ד	go down
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular Root: יָרַד Sense: to go down, descend, decline, march down, sink down.
וּפֻרָ֥ה	and Purah
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular Root: פֻּרָה Sense: the servant of Gideon, probably his armour-bearer.
נַעַרְךָ֖	your servant
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular Root: נַעַר Sense: a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer.
הַֽמַּחֲנֶֽה	the camp
Parse: Article, Noun, common singular Root: מַחֲנֶה Sense: encampment, camp.

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