Judges 6:17

Judges 6:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, then shew me a sign that thou talkest with me.
• New International Version (NIV)Gideon replied, “If now I have found favor in your eyes, give me a sign that it is really you talking to me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said to him, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, then show me a sign that it is you who speak with me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then he said to Him, “If now I have found favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who talk with me.

Context of Judges 6:17

15But Gideon said to Him, “Please Lord, how am I to rescue Israel? Behold, my family is the least [significant] in Manasseh, and I am the youngest (smallest) in my father’s house.” 16The Lord answered him, “I will certainly be with you, and you will strike down the Midianites as [if they were only] one man.” Gideon replied to Him, “If I have found any favor in Your sight, then show me a sign that it is You who speaks with me. 18Please do not depart from here until I come back to You, and bring my offering and place it before You.” And He said, “I will wait until you return.” 19Then Gideon went and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread from an ephah of flour. The meat he put in a basket and the broth in a pot, and he brought the food to Him under the oak (terebinth) and presented it.

Judges 6:17 word by word

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו אִם־נָ֛א מָצָ֥אתִי חֵ֖ן בְּעֵינֶ֑יךָ וְעָשִׂ֤יתָ לִּי֙ א֔וֹת שָׁאַתָּ֖ה מְדַבֵּ֥ר עִמִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• unto him, If now I have foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• graceחֵןchên · favorH2580
• in thy sightעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• then shewעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• me a signאוֹת'ôth · sign: miraculousH226
• that thou talkestדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696

Cross-references for Judges 6:17

• Exodus 33:13Now therefore, I pray you, if I have found favor in Your sight, let me know Your ways so that I may know You [becoming more deeply and intimately acquainted with You, recognizing and understanding Your ways more clearly] and that I may find grace and favor in Your sight. And consider also, that this nation is Your people.”
• Judges 6:36Then Gideon said to God, “If You are going to rescue Israel through me, as You have spoken,
• Genesis 15:8But Abram said, “Lord God, by what [proof] will I know that I will inherit it?”
• Exodus 4:1Then Moses answered [the Lord] and said, “What if they will not believe me or take seriously what I say? For they may say, ‘The Lord has not appeared to you.’ ”
• 2 Kings 20:8Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What will be the sign that the Lord will [completely] heal me, and that I shall go up to the house of the Lord on the third day?”
• Psalms 86:17Show me a sign of [Your] goodwill, That those who hate me may see it and be ashamed, Because You, O Lord, helped and comforted me.
• Isaiah 7:11“Ask a sign for yourself from the Lord your God [one that will convince you that God has spoken and will keep His word]; make your request as deep as Sheol or as high as heaven.”

Commentaries on Judges 6:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Show me a sign - Work a miracle, that I may know that thou hast wisdom and power sufficient to authorize and quality me for the work.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17A sign - If the Angel ate of Gideon‘s present it would be a conclusive proof of the reality of the vision. (Compare John 21:9-13; Luke 24:37-43; Acts 10:41.) It would also be a token of God‘s goodwill to Gideon. Compare Genesis 18:3.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-24Verses 11-24 Gideon was a man of a brave, active spirit, yet in obscurity through the times: he is here stirred up to undertake something great. It was very sure that the Lord was with him, when his Angel was with him. Gideon was weak in faith, which made it hard to reconcile the assurances of the presence of God with the distress to which Israel was brought. The Angel answered his objections. He told him to appear and act as Israel's deliverer, there…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-32Gideon met the angel of the Lord and became a hero. He destroyed the mixed Baal religion of his family and town. He then called his people to fight for the Lord.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 17-3218. Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I ... bring forth my present--Hebrew, my mincha, or "meat offering"; and his idea probably was to prove, by his visitor's partaking of the entertainment, whether or not he was more than man.Read the comment

Topics related to Judges 6:17

• Angel (a Spirit)
• Communion
• Excuses
• God
• Judge
• Miracles
• Sign
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Den
• Gideon
• God
• Midianite
• Mighty
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• Wherewith
• Wring
• Abdon (1)
• Israel, History of

Commentaries on Judges 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings