Shìshījì 4:8

8 Bālā shuō , nǐ ruò tóng wǒ qù , wǒ jiù qù . nǐ ruò bù tóng wǒ qù , wǒ jiù bú qù .

Shìshījì 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.

Shìshījì 4:8 In-Context

6 Tā dǎfa rén cóng Náfútālì de Jīdīsī jiāng yà bǐ nuó ān de érzi Bālā zhào le lái , duì tā shuō , Yēhéhuá Yǐsèliè de shén fēnfu nǐ shuō , nǐ shuaìlǐng yī wàn Náfútālì hé Xībùlún rén shàng tā pō shān qù .

7 Wǒ bì shǐ yé bīn de jiāng jūn Xīxīlā shuaìlǐng tāde chēliàng hé quán jūn wǎng jī shùn hé , dào nǐ nàli qù . wǒ bìjiāng tā jiāo zaì nǐ shǒu zhōng .

8 Bālā shuō , nǐ ruò tóng wǒ qù , wǒ jiù qù . nǐ ruò bù tóng wǒ qù , wǒ jiù bú qù .

9 Dǐbōlā shuō , wǒ bì yǔ nǐ tóng qù , zhǐshì nǐ zaì suǒ xíng de lù shàng dé bú zhe róngyào , yīnwei Yēhéhuá yào jiāng Xīxīlā jiāo zaì yī gè fùrén shǒu lǐ . yúshì Dǐbōlā qǐlai , yǔ Bālā yītóng wǎng Jīdīsī qù le .

10 Bālā jiù zhāo jù Xībùlún rén hé Náfútālì rén dào Jīdīsī , gēn tā shàng qù de yǒu yī wàn rén . Dǐbōlā yĕ tóng tā shàng qù .