Judges 6:18

Judges 6:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
• New International Version (NIV)Please do not go away until I come back and bring my offering and set it before you.” And the Lord said, “I will wait until you return.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Please do not depart from here until I come to you and bring out my present and set it before you." And he said, "I will stay till you return."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Do not depart from here, I pray, until I come to You and bring out my offering and set it before You.” And He said, “I will wait until you come back.”

Context of Judges 6:18

16“Surely I will be with you,” the LORD replied, “and you will strike down all the Midianites as one man.” 17Gideon answered, “If I have found favor in Your sight, give me a sign that it is You speaking with me. Please do not depart from this place until I return to You. Let me bring my offering and set it before You.” And the LORD said, “I will stay until you return.” 19So Gideon went in and prepared a young goat and unleavened bread and an ephah of flour. He placed the meat in a basket and the broth in a pot and brought them out to present to Him under the oak. 20And the angel of God said to him, “Take the meat and the unleavened bread, lay them on this rock, and pour out the broth.” And Gideon did so.

Judges 6:18 word by word

אַל־נָ֨א תָמֻ֤שׁ מִזֶּה֙ עַד־בֹּאִ֣י אֵלֶ֔יךָ וְהֹֽצֵאתִי֙ אֶת־מִנְחָתִ֔י וְהִנַּחְתִּ֖י לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וַיֹּאמַ֕ר אָנֹכִ֥י אֵשֵׁ֖ב עַ֥ד שׁוּבֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• Pleaseנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• do notאַל'al · notH408
• departמוּשׁmûsh · to removeH4185
• from thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• I returnבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to Youאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• Let me bringיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• my offeringמִנְחָהminchâh · offering: giftH4503
• and setנוּחַnûach · to restH5117
• before Youפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• And the LORD saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Iאָֽנֹכִ֫י'ânôkîy · IH595
• will stayיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• you returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725

Cross-references for Judges 6:18

• Judges 13:15“Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”
• Genesis 18:3“My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.
• Genesis 19:3But Lot insisted so strongly that they followed him into his house. He prepared a feast for them and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

Commentaries on Judges 6:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18And bring forth my present - My minchah ; generally an offering of bread, wine, oil, flour, and such like. It seems from this that Gideon supposed the person to whom he spoke to be a Divine person. Nevertheless, what he prepared and brought out appears to be intended simply as an entertainment to refresh a respectable stranger.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18My present - My Minchah: the word used regularly, though not exclusively, for the meat and drink offering (Leviticus 2:1 note). Its double sense of an offering to God, and of a gift to man, suits the doubt in Gideon‘s mind as to who his visitor might be.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 6:18

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

In the dictionaries

• Den
• Gideon
• God
• Midianite
• Mighty
• Sign
• 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