Deuteronomy 20:8

20:8 In addition, the officers are to say to the troops, “Who among you is afraid and fainthearted? He may go home so that he will not make his fellow soldier’s ¹  heart as fearful ²  as his own.”

Exodus 15:15

15:15 Then the chiefs of Edom will be terrified, ³ 

trembling will seize ⁴  the leaders of Moab,

and the inhabitants of Canaan will shake.

Joshua 2:9

2:9 She said to the men, “I know the Lord is handing this land over to you. ⁵  We are absolutely terrified of you, ⁶  and all who live in the land are cringing before ⁷  you. ⁸ 

Joshua 2:11

2:11 When we heard the news we lost our courage and no one could even breathe for fear of you. ⁹  For the Lord your God is God in heaven above and on earth below!

Joshua 2:24

2:24 They told Joshua, “Surely the Lord is handing over all the land to us! ¹⁰  All who live in the land are cringing before us!” ¹¹ 

Joshua 14:8

14:8 My countrymen ¹²  who accompanied ¹³  me frightened the people, ¹⁴  but I remained loyal to the Lord my God. ¹⁵ 

Isaiah 13:7

13:7 For this reason all hands hang limp, ¹⁶ 

every human heart loses its courage. ¹⁷ 

Ezekiel 21:7

21:7 When they ask you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you will reply, ‘Because of the report that has come. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand will be limp; everyone ¹⁸  will faint and every knee will be wet with urine.’ ¹⁹  Pay attention – it is coming and it will happen, declares the sovereign Lord.”

[20:8]  ¹ tn Heb “his brother’s.”

[20:8]  ² tn Heb “melted.”

[15:15]  ³ tn This is a prophetic perfect.

[15:15]  ⁴ tn This verb is imperfect tense.

[2:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “has given the land to you.” Rahab’s statement uses the Hebrew perfect, suggesting certitude.

[2:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “terror of you has fallen upon us.”

[2:9]  ⁷ tn Or “melting away because of.”

[2:9]  ⁸ tn Both of these statements are actually subordinated to “I know” in the Hebrew text, which reads, “I know that the Lord…and that terror of you…and that all the inhabitants….”

[2:11]  ⁹ tn Heb “And we heard and our heart[s] melted and there remained no longer breath in a man because of you.”

[2:24]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “Surely the Lord has given into our hand all the land.” The report by the spies uses the Hebrew perfect, suggesting certitude.

[2:24]  ¹¹ tn Heb “are melting away because of us.”

[14:8]  ¹² tn Heb “brothers.”

[14:8]  ¹³ tn Heb “went up with.”

[14:8]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “made the heart[s] of the people melt.”

[14:8]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “I filled up after the Lord my God,” an idiomatic statement meaning that Caleb remained loyal to the Lord.

[13:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “drop”; KJV “be faint”; ASV “be feeble”; NAB “fall helpless.”

[13:7]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “melts” (so NAB).

[21:7]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “every spirit will be dim.”

[21:7]  ¹⁹ sn This expression depicts in a very vivid way how they will be overcome with fear. See the note on the same phrase in 7:17.