Jueces 4:8

8 Barac le dijo:—Solo iré si tú me acompañas; de lo contrario, no iré.

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 Débora mandó llamar a Barac hijo de Abinoán, que vivía en Cedes de Neftalí, y le dijo:—El SEÑOR, el Dios de Israel, ordena: “Ve y reúne en el monte Tabor a diez mil hombres de la tribu de Neftalí y de la tribu de Zabulón.

7 Yo atraeré a Sísara, jefe del ejército de Jabín, con sus carros y sus tropas, hasta el arroyo Quisón. Allí lo entregaré en tus manos”.

8 Barac le dijo:—Solo iré si tú me acompañas; de lo contrario, no iré.

9 —¡Está bien, iré contigo! —dijo Débora—. Pero, por la manera en que vas a encarar este asunto, la gloria no será tuya, ya que el SEÑOR entregará a Sísara en manos de una mujer.Así que Débora fue con Barac hasta Cedes,

10 donde él convocó a las tribus de Zabulón y Neftalí. Diez mil hombres se pusieron a sus órdenes, y también Débora lo acompañó.