Deuteronomy 20:8
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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.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.”
In other translations
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.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.”
Hebrew words
וְיָסְפוּveyasefuand they will repeatH3254הַשֹּׁטְרִיםhashoterimthe officialsH7860לְדַבֵּרledaberto speakH1696אֶל־'el-toH413הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971וְאָמְרוּve'ameruand they will sayH559מִי־mi-who?H4310הָאִישׁha'ish[is] the manH376הַיָּרֵאhaiyare'<the> fearfulH3373וְרַךְverakhand [the] weak ofH7390הַלֵּבָבhalevav<the> heartH3824יֵלֵךְyelekhlet him goH1980וְיָשֹׁבveyashoand let him returnH7725לְבֵיתוֹleveitoto house hisH1004וְלֹאvelo'and notH3808יִמַּסyimasit will be meltedH4549אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853לְבַבlevav[the] heart ofH3824אֶחָיו'echavcountrymen hisH251כִּלְבָבוֹ׃kilvavolike heart hisH3824
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