Jueces 4:8

8 Barac le dijo:
—Yo iré, pero solo si tú vienes conmigo.

Jueces 4:8 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 4:8

And Barak said unto her
To Deborah, after she had delivered the words of the Lord unto him:

if thou wilt go with me, then I will go;
which showed faith hi the word of the Lord, for which he is commended, and a readiness to do the will of God, and courage to engage in such a work with a powerful adversary, and is therefore reckoned among the heroes for faith, ( Hebrews 11:32 ) ;

but if thou wilt not go with me, [then] I will not go;
which though it might discover some weakness in him, yet showed the high opinion he had of Deborah as a judge of Israel, and prophetess of the Lord; being desirous that he might have her with him to pray to God for him, to give him advice and counsel on any emergency, she being as the oracle God; and whereby he testified his regard to the Lord, and to his presence, which he concluded he should have, the prophetess being with him; and more especially his reason for insisting on her going with him might be to prevail upon the inhabitants of Naphtali and Zebulun to go with him, who he might fear would not believe him, or pay any regard to his words, and be in dread of engaging with the enemy, unless she was present; which he supposed would satisfy them as to the mind of God in it, and animate them, and give them heart and spirit.

Jueces 4:8 In-Context

6 Un día Débora mandó a buscar a Barac, hijo de Abinoam, quien vivía en Cedes, en el territorio de Neftalí y le dijo:
—El Señor
, Dios de Israel, te ordena: reúne en el monte Tabor a diez mil guerreros de las tribus de Neftalí y de Zabulón.

7 Y yo haré que Sísara, el comandante del ejército de Jabín, vaya al río Cisón junto con sus carros de guerra y sus guerreros. Allí te daré la victoria sobre él.

8 Barac le dijo:
—Yo iré, pero solo si tú vienes conmigo.

9 —Muy bien —dijo ella—, iré contigo. Pero tú no recibirás honra en esta misión, porque la victoria del Señor
sobre Sísara quedará en manos de una mujer.
Así que Débora fue con Barac a Cedes.

10 En Cedes, Barac reunió a las tribus de Zabulón y de Neftalí, y diez mil guerreros subieron con él. Débora también lo acompañó.